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September 03, 2007

While Not a Fan of Flying

...I stand in awe of the hurricane hunters who let us know, first hand, what's happening inside these rampaging beasties. But I've never read something like this...

BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME TURBULENCE AND GROUPEL THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED...THE MISSION IS BEING ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT IS RETURNING TO ST. CROIX.

DAMN. I believe they're referring to 'graupel', which is granular snow pellets also called 'soft hail'.

That had to be a WHALE of a ride.

Posted by tree hugging sister at September 3, 2007 09:59 AM

Comments

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at September 4, 2007 08:44 AM