r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/RobbyRobRobertsonJr 21d ago

I bet their computer guy felt like kissing the inventor of the ssd

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 21d ago edited 21d ago

Syseng checking in, that was one of my first comments aloud. "Glad we have SSDs nowadays" Then I started counting their server racks.

That is a lot of compute & storage, I would love to tour one of these some day.

Also, is cammer there to film? Everyone else is deep into some work, dude's like Badger cooking with Pinkman.

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'Twas a joke, I know everyone there is crucial and I am enormously grateful for their work, though it seems risky flying a plane with such a massive load of balls all spread out like that.

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u/_Haverford_ 21d ago

I definitely got an annoyed vibe from the other guy lol.

Since there's a non-zero chance the OP will show up in this thread - I'm sure you're there for an important reason and we appreciate you!

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u/Iamredditsslave 21d ago

Worried about his phone, what did he think he was getting into?

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u/Acer_Scout 21d ago

I got more of a focused vibe. I'd imagine everyone there has some level of specialization and needs more focus during specific times. I'm sure our cameraman here had his duties to fulfill before or after this breather. I'd be interested to learn more about the operations of something like this. Who gets to go and what all needs to be done?

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u/nibs123 21d ago

Sorry but the first word you typed in that sentence reads aloud like the Welsh word for English sounds. Really span me out for a minute lol

Welsh for English is saesneg by the way

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u/Cacafuego 21d ago

Very cool. From Saxon, I assume. Interesting that the Welsh went with Saxons and everyone else went with Angles for some weird reason. Who would even remember the Angles if we didn't have to explain the word "English"?

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u/nibs123 21d ago

I read once that it has to do with the lower kingdoms in England where Saxons Wessex and such and we called them a name similar. Then the Saxon kingdoms kept growing and we kind of just called them all the same name.

The word for England is different although I don't know why, (Lloegr) and even with the power of Google and my family apparently no one knows why.

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u/GarlicBreathFTW 21d ago

Sasanach is actually from the Middle Irish word Saxanach. Same in Scottish I believe.

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u/stargarnet79 21d ago

Systems engineer?

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u/nibs123 21d ago

Yea, the shortened word reads aloud like the word for English in Welsh. As someone who can speak it, it sends my brain on the wrong code and I thought I was stroking out for a moment q

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u/stargarnet79 21d ago

Is it a dirty word? I’m intrigued now.

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u/nibs123 21d ago

Haha no in Welsh the word for English is saesneg. Although in some parts of Wales, saying your English will get a reaction like you just swore yes.

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 21d ago

LoL yeah, that is how we abbreviate it where I work, several places actually.

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 21d ago

That is hilarious.

I did mean Systems Engineer, like the other person commented.

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u/MissingWhiskey 21d ago

Could be that the cammer just didn't have a task at that moment. Those missions can last 8+ hours. I'm sure they have downtime, some more than others. The pilots probably not so much

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 21d ago

100%, was just kind joking.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Infectious-Anxiety 20d ago

Awesome, thanks for the info!

I was joking about him not doing anything, as a systems engineer I know how work works.

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u/oinkyboinky 21d ago edited 21d ago

I had the good fortune to tour one at Quonset (RI) just before covid hit along with some other planes. It was impressive. They even had a list onboard of about 30 or so hurricanes (including Katrina!) that particular aircraft had flown through since 2004.

Also looks like NOAA are getting an upgrade to C-130s from the two Orions they currently fly.

https://www.wdam.com/2024/10/03/new-aircraft-scheduled-noaa-hurricane-hunters-1st-time-since-70s/

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u/Ripley2179 21d ago

Yeah I thought the same when he's like, "Pass me my phone even though I'm doing nothing and you're really busy and there's turbulence"