WE'RE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
FROM THE START OF HURRICANE
SEASON.
LAST WEEK RICH WAS DOWN ON
DELETE S OUT ON SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT IN ORLANDO.
EACH YEAR THEY IMPROVE THE
TECHNOLOGY AND BETTER OUR
CHANCES OF WEATHERING A STORM
WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT THE
CONFERENCE?
Richard: A LOT OF THE
MODELS WE HAVE HAD FOR A LONG
TIME PUT ALL OF FLORIDA IN ONE
ZONE AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IS LIKE STORM SURGE AND
WIND MITIGATION ALONG THE WAY
EVERYTHING USED TO IF IT WAS A
CATEGORY ONE SEARCH IT WAS
EXPECTED TO BE A SEARCH.
AND THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T EXACT,
BUT IT WAS A WAY THE FORECAST
LOOKED.
THROUGH A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE
HERE LOCALLY OUR COASTLINE ISN'T
THE SAME FOR SOUTH FLORIDA OR
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE WE HAVE
DIFFERENT STEP LAYERS, SOUTH
FLORIDA IS ONE TO TWO FEET.
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HAS RIVERS
MORE THAN THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE
STORM SURGE A LOT OF PRODUCTS
WE'RE FOCUSED ON OR HOW MUCH
WATER GO OGO INLAND WITH TWO
BIGGEST WHAT WILL BE THE SEVERE
WEATHER MAKERS IN THE CASE OF
HURRICANES AND NEAT BECAUSE WE
GOT THE BACKSIDE OF THOSE STORMS
AND IT IS THE BACKSIDE WHERE WE
OFTEN SEE TORNADOES, THERE WERE
A LOT OF TORNADO IMPLEMENTATION
AS WELL.
I HOPE EVERYTHING THAT I LEARN
WE DON'T HAVE TO USE, NOT THIS
YEAR, NOT NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT
HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, 200 FIVE
AND THAT WAS ALSO THE BIG TALK,
WE'RE LOOKING AT A PRETTY
AVERAGE SEASON THAT HAS COME UP.
WHAT DOES AVERAGE MEAN?
ABOUT HALF DOZEN NAMED
STORMS THERE BUT IN THE AVERAGE
YEARS WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF
THE BIGGEST STORM, ANDREW,
PRETTY AVERAGE YEARIS F STORM OF
THE SEASON AND ONLY TAKES ONE TO
TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THIS IS
IT HERE, YOU LOOK AT IT FIRST
YOU THINK THAT IS ONE NICE
LOOKING JET BUT THIS IS HOOKED
UP AND HAS EVERY COMPUTER YOU
COULD IMAGINEF, BASICALLY TAKING
WHAT WE HAVE HERE AS A WEATHER
SYSTEM TO DEPICT WEATHER, THEY
HAVE SO THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING
FROM INSIDE OF THE STORM AND
THEN IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IN MINUTES HERE FEEDING IT
BACK TO US ONE OF THE NEWEST
IMPROVEMENTS IS THE RADAR
THEY'RE GOING TO BE USE SO WHEN
THEY'RE FLYING IN THE RECONNOW
WHERE WE USED TO GET A NUMERIC
DATA WE'LL GET SOME OF THE RADAR
SHOTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE
THE EYEWALLS ARE STRENGTHENING
OR ITS DISINTEGRATING OR THE
DRIER SIDE OF THE STORM AND
THESE GUYS, I TOLD THEM THEY
HAVE THE E-TICKET.
THIS WAS THE THING I THOUGHT WAS
KIND OF COOL OUT OF ALL OF THE
STORMS THAT YOU FLU THROUGH WHAT
ONE REALLY MADE A MARK AND
LISTEN TO THIS -- OKAY, HE WENT
ON TO THE MEDICAL THAT HE'S
FLOWN CATEGORY 5 STORMS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THE PILOT
SAID HIS OMOST MORABLEORABLE WAS
GOING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH
SANDY KNOWING THEY WERE GETTING
READY TO DOWNGRADE, IT WAS STILL
AN 80 MILES PER HOUR STORM.
IT WAS THE SEPARATION OF THE
CIRCULATION, SO DECLASSIFYING
WOULD BE A BETTER WORDS.
AND IT IS AT THAT POINT PEOPLE
WENT, OKAY, WE REALLY DODGED A
BULLET, WE WERE JUST GETTING
READY FOR A REALLY LONG TWELVE
HOURS THE.
HOW ROCKY IS THAT RIDE?
THEY HAVE SOME POINTS IN
PLACE THEY CAN'T BREACH AND
THOSE ARE G-FORCES ON A DOWNHILL
G-FORCE IT IS LESS, UPHILL IT IS
ABOUT 3 OR SO AND THAT IS WHERE
YOU START LOSING SOME OF YOUR
FACULTIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
NEED WHEN FLYING IN A SITUATION
LIKE, THAT THEY'RE ALSO
FIVE-POINT HARNESSED IN, THEY'RE
REALLY WELLING BOUND THE SEAT,
BUT THEY MEASURE THE G-FORCE AND
WHEN THEY HIT A CERTAIN LIMIT,
THEY SAY WE HAVE TO CLIMB TO A
SAFER PART OF THE STORM OR TIME
TO GET OUT WITH THE UPGRADES
THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR, WE'RE
GOING BE GETTING THAT IN
REALTIME INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THE
TIME IT TAKES FOR THEIR DATA TO
COME FROM THE PLAIN TO OUR
SYSTEM IS SHORTENED WITHIN TWO
MINUTES WE'LL GET THE
INFORMATION IN THE VENT WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN THE TROPICS.
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