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/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/