Trying to figure out why he started wearing it. Was it for particular meetings or events, and I just missed it?

One Illinois home was hit twice by the same tornado after it looped back on its own path.

Theres nothing to protect them from being blinded.

Correct me if I'm wrong, outside of being a great episode, it establishes Troi's official starfleet rank (which I don't believe had been said before) and also establishes that female officers are addressed as "sir", which I also believe hadn't been established yet.

Youd think after reading picards reports about the Borg Starfleet would have been in panic mode and fill military mode.

What do you think?