Hurricane Hunters: Flying two storms difficult, three impossible

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Hurricane Hunters: Flying two storms difficult, three impossible
Jul 24, 2013 6:20 PM CDT

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -

Hurricane Hunters are tracking Tropical Storm Dorian while also keeping a watchful eye on the bottom line. Military officials said with sequestration and furloughs, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is facing some tough choices as to which storms they fly into and how often. They said that means the forecast models we depend on to tell people to evacuate may not be as accurate.

The mission of the Hurricane Hunters is to fly into the eye of the storm and gather information to help predict where that storm is likely to head next. However, the 403rd Wing Commander is wondering with sequestration and furloughs, how much hunting Hurricane Hunters will be able to do.

"I'll be honest with you, it's a very significant cut in capability. It's a 20 percent cut," said Col Craig LaFave. "On any given day, we'll have air crew, maintainers, and support personnel on furlough. Of course, as these storms pop up, we'll have to move furlough days and probably use overtime in certain areas to keep flying the storm."

Hurricane Hunters: Flying two storms difficult, three impossible - WLOX.com - The News for South Mississippi

Oh'yes we can give hundreds of billions of dollars to Afifucingstan but we can't give a few hundred million for better tropical cyclone information for our own fucking country. This is what I mean by investing in our country.