Hurricane Hunters
Friday, June 01 2007
Hunting Hurricanes
Jeff Masters
The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season begins today, and researchers expect it to be intense. They predict there will be 9 hurricanes, and that 5 of them will be major, generating winds over 110 m.p.h. They also claim there's a good chance that any one of them will make landfall.
Jeff Masters has a lot of personal experience with hurricanes. He spent 4 years flying through the most extraordinary weather on the planet as a flight meteorologist with the Hurricane Hunters at NOAA.
Hurricane Hugo, 1989
Dick talks with Jeff about what he saw flying into Hurricane Gilbert, and the time he was nearly killed flying into Hurricane Hugo.
- Learn more about the Hurricane Hunters at NOAA
- Read Jeff's account of Hurricane Hugo
- Learn more about Jeff Masters
Music heard in this story:
Hurricane Camille by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones for the album Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Hurricane Eye by Paul Simon for the album You're the One
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