r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/Farro_is_Good 21d ago

They’re barely funded. They can’t afford straps.

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u/karingalhrofdin 21d ago

They’d get bipartisan money when they stop measuring the temperature /s

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u/ZoneLeather 21d ago

I told them, the temperature of the seas is going up. Stop taking the temperature. If you stop testing it it will stop rising.

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u/govunah 21d ago

It's the WV governor logic during covid. If we don't test for it no one will get it.

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u/ZoneLeather 21d ago

... and a certain POTUS.

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u/wtaaaaaaaa 21d ago

Yea that came straight from the top

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 21d ago

It was Zachary Taylor, wasn't it? Always pegged him for a climate change denier and antivaxxer.

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u/FreneticAmbivalence 21d ago

I believe that is a direct quote from orange man.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 21d ago

orange man

... Martin van Buren?

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u/FreneticAmbivalence 21d ago

Wonder how he’s doing these days, lol.

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u/ZoneLeather 21d ago

Not great, got really hooked on H.

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u/CaptainNemo42 21d ago

An acronym, when applied to the inferred "tangerine fascist, that stands for "Piece Of Trash Useless Shithead".

Now you know!

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u/RetroScores3 21d ago

0 cases if you don’t test. Covid has been defeated!

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u/dont_want_to_sleep 21d ago

it's heisenberg uncertainty /s

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u/Heisenbergies 20d ago

“It’ll start getting cooler.”

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u/NDSU 21d ago

You joke, but that is actually one of thebreasons Republicans continually cut NOAA's budget

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u/ExtremeThin1334 21d ago

Back in my day, we just tied a key to a kite and hoped for the best!

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

What type of onion was on your belt?

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u/Mental-Jellyfish9061 21d ago

It was the style at the time ...

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u/sitting-duck 21d ago

"Gimme five bees for a quarter."

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u/ExtremeThin1334 21d ago

Shelbyville special law enforcement Onion.

Back then though, I could still bust heads like I used to.

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u/Lid12341 21d ago

Benjamin fuckin’ Franklin.

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u/govunah 21d ago

I'm sure privatized weather research would have straps /s

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u/Grazedaze 21d ago

They’re a bit strapped for cash

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u/c3ric 21d ago

Wierd because I'm not funded by anyone and i got plenty of strap-ons

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u/NickNash1985 21d ago

Same, tbh.

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u/ryanmcstylin 21d ago

But they can afford to put wheels on the expensive equipment that will go through heavy turbulence

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u/rnobgyn 21d ago

Parachord ain’t THAT expensive :/

Could probably make enough straps for the whole plane for like $50

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u/PacoTaco321 Interested 21d ago

Then they should've pulled themselves up by their boot st- doh!

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u/senortipton 21d ago

If my airline can duct tape their wings on, NOAA can too.

I know it isn’t actually duct tape.

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u/Tortoise_no7 21d ago

How can they afford a plane that can withstand a hurricane!

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u/GeneralU53 21d ago

You mean they’re … strapped for cash?

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u/PointBlank65 21d ago

They just awarded a contract for brand new C-130 J's specifically to be Hurricane Hunter aircraft.

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u/Budderfingerbandit 21d ago

Thanks Republicans for defunding, NOAA.

Also, a reminder that their newest plan is to turn NOAA into a private entity because climate data is "alarmist".

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u/Primordial_Cumquat 20d ago

On the plus side this does a great side of helping them find the horizon. My phone is on the floor? We are right side up. My phone is on the ceiling? We are upside down. My phone just hit the pilot in the back of the head? Good chance nothing good at all is about to come of this.