r/EmergencyManagement • u/WatchTheBoom I support the plan • 15d ago
Hurricane Hunters punching through the eyewall of Hurricane Erin
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u/HourStatistician7526 15d ago
Truly amazing stuff humans have decided to do. Free will and engineering are hell of a drug.
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u/Prestigious-Ease-69 14d ago
Did you find the Epstein files in there? We have been looking everywhere for them.
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u/trash-juice 15d ago
As civilian, I would pay to be able to do this, just gemme a barf bag it’ll be fine …
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u/Stunning-Egg459 15d ago
Didn’t Trump defund this program?
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u/WatchTheBoom I support the plan 15d ago edited 15d ago
Yes and no.
Not the Hurricane Hunters program itself, but they reduced the number of air frames and standby air crews, essentially limiting data collection flights to only those storms that might impact the continental US instead of every storm, as a default.
Additionally, many of the scientists that support the flights aren't members of the actual HH program - their travel budget was slashed, so the roster to support the flights with actual scientific muscle (and therefore the whole point to green-light a flight) has been severely reduced.
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u/PropUganda 14d ago
Didn’t Trump suggest “nuking” hurricanes during his first term?
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u/HotLava00 14d ago
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-nuke-hurricanes/
I’m leaning toward “yes” on this one.
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u/MickyFany 14d ago
idk, NOAA still has 12,000 employees but suddenly can’t do weather related research
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u/MooreArchives 13d ago
You mean to tell me Hamilton LIED TO US? (“In the eye of a hurricane there is quiet for just a moment, a yellow sky.”)
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u/Emotional-Change-722 15d ago
Is that three pilots?
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u/Fine_Principle6244 15d ago
FINALLY. Something actually interesting on Reddit.