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Hurricane Hunter Tours

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   Corpus Christi and Galveston are among the five Gulf Coast cities that will be visited by a hurricane hunter aircraft the week of April 14.
   The public will be allowed to tour the aircraft as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's effort to raise awareness that hurricane season begins June 1.
    The first stop on the tour will be the Corpus Christi International Airport on Monday, April 14, when the Orion hurricane hunter will be available for tours from 3 to 5 p.m.
    A hurricane hunter will be at Scholes International Airport in Galveston Tuesday, April 15, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
    Bill Read, the new director of the National Hurricane Center, will join the flight crew and scientists at Corpus Christi and Galveston. Read was the head meteorologist at the Houston-Galveston weather office before taking the job at the hurricane center.

Let me know how it was if you get to make one of the tours.

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Tags: Corpus Christi, Galveston, hurricane hunters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bill Read, National Hurricane Center

posted by dtewes on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 02:25 PM
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posted by pilot on Apr 3, 2008 at 02:30 PM

I'd give that oft mentioned left body part for a ride into a storm on that thing.

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posted by dtewes on Apr 3, 2008 at 02:41 PM

Not me, buddy. I'm scared of heights big time. Besides, it must be a sin because the Bible says, "Lo, I am with you always..." ;>)

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