We Flew Into The Eye Of A Category 5 Hurricane

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We Flew Into The Eye Of A Category 5 Hurricane

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7 жыл бұрын

Even with all the technology at the U.S. government’s disposal, the best way to gather data from a hurricane is still the hard way: flying into the storm in a propeller plane.
That’s exactly what the men and women of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron do. Better known as the “Hurricane Hunters,” this all-reserve Air Force unit is tasked with piloting their WC-130J aircraft directly into the eye of a hurricane.
VICE News secured a ride with the Hurricane Hunters as they flew into the eye of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic. The Hurricane Hunters don’t fly into storms for fun. During their flight an array of instruments collect and transmit data used to predict how active storms will develop, and move.
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CORRECTION Sept. 11, 2017, 3:30 p.m.: The title of Tech Sgt. Karen Moore is incorrect in this video. Her correct title is “Dropsonde Operator.” VICE News regrets the error.
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@ReezeGoingSenseless 7 жыл бұрын

Finally, something interesting that does not involve US politics or Weed.

@ikariamelli 7 жыл бұрын

I think we all wanted to see the hurricane and not an interview inside a hurricane..

@RolleiPollei 7 жыл бұрын

Travelle I wish I saw that as well. However it was night and the film crew probably didn't have the right gear to get usable footage of it. It's like trying to film outside your car window at night with the lights turned off. You'll just get blackness.

@kinsmed 7 жыл бұрын

Who else covered this angle? Was it hard to find what you wanted elsewhere?

@ikariamelli 7 жыл бұрын

Brian A. yes, probably, but then they'd have to name the video differently, otherwise it's clickbait (or at least kind of, I mean they're actually flying into the hurricane, but he's aksing questions which have nothing to do with flying into a hurricane, they could have talked about these topics on the ground as well, if you know what I mean :) )

@heelsfantim 5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!

@cjmq0o 5 жыл бұрын

Its even more fucked up when drunk/high

@RRRRobbbb 5 жыл бұрын

The fact that you didn't include even one shot indicating how severe the turbulence points to why Vice as a network is failing.

@chriscobb874 Жыл бұрын

They didn't fail.

@RRRRobbbb Жыл бұрын

@@chriscobb874 FAILING.

@haruki5401 Жыл бұрын

Is a hurricane category 5...

@NaenaeGaming 11 ай бұрын

4 years later, 8.63 million subscribers and counting!

@charlastname9799 7 жыл бұрын

That's it...? You didn't even film the storm...

@brettjones2423 5 жыл бұрын

Great job hurricane hunters and scientist. Appreciate the work you do.

@ROCdevelopments 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much these guys have to pay in extra-luggage fee to bring their balls on the plane.

@kills456 7 жыл бұрын

How does vice get all this stuff lol seem to have more connects than the big bix media outlets lol i like

@MrLightning1776 7 жыл бұрын

Cool video, I've always wondered what the crew inside a hurricane hunter did during their sortie. For all those wanting actual storm footage, its a bunch of clouds, not to interesting.

@austinformedude 7 жыл бұрын

Whats with the horror music? Jesus Christ.

@lucozade8373 7 жыл бұрын

Brandon Bosserman murica

@cybercat1531 7 жыл бұрын

Nah Jesus had nothing to do with that, he GTFO already :P

@austinformedude 7 жыл бұрын

Leansifer 69.0 I don't think flying into a hurricane needs any additional "hype." What we have here is a case of lazy reporting, combined with a viewership (made up of people like yourself) who needs audio cues to decide what mood they should be in. Lazy, manipulative, and not necessary.

@ToastyCoClothing 7 жыл бұрын

think yr getting a little overly emotional over some pretty mild post-production. better off not ever watching a movie if yr gonna get triggered for it having a soundtrack

@austinformedude 7 жыл бұрын

TOASTYCO. AV News should not have soundtracks.

7 жыл бұрын

Nice video. wish it was longer!

@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer 4 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of security. So a lot of video was edited by the Air Force and not by vice

@cynoodles 7 жыл бұрын

And I freak out when it rains too hard and my wipers dont go fast enough

@MrJustinUSCM 7 жыл бұрын

Yay, an interesting video by vice that isn't about Neo-nazis or politics. Nice video you guys!

@kinsmed 7 жыл бұрын

Uhhh... why would you ignore peaceful protesters being run down?

@Fr4gst3rz 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that would be a top story if *peaceful* protesters were run down and it would be unacceptable.

@3d_tech776 7 жыл бұрын

ok, great trailer, now where is the actual video?

@ottlakafka3409 7 жыл бұрын

LEEEEEEEEROY JANKYNS

@whoopshey826 7 жыл бұрын

goddamnit leeroy

@travelwithbiker 7 жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to watch hurricane from inside #disappointed 😐

@ikariamelli 7 жыл бұрын

vaibhav khetan exactly!

@404namemissing6 7 жыл бұрын

vaibhav khetan You can find other footage, but you mostly see clouds.

@leovigild_ 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's a few videos of it (such as the one released by the BBC) but there's not much to look at. There's lots of angry-looking clouds surrounding the whole plane, like a really dense fog. That's about it, really. Pretty cool though.

@ToastyCoClothing 7 жыл бұрын

take a vaycay to florida theres pletny of videos of what inside a hurricane looks like

@acollierr17 7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was pretty interesting. The video did entail what it was like to fly in a hurricane. And one of the airmen did say it was pretty smooth despite the reporter commenting on how turbulent the flight was. I really liked this video though. Very informative.

@babaayaga9380 Жыл бұрын

hurrine nerds got some balls of steel😅

@user-hr5tb9zi5o 7 жыл бұрын

Oooh ac130 he must've got the kill streak

@primalsuga 7 жыл бұрын

abdul deeb c130 not ac130

@mistermood4164 7 жыл бұрын

how does vice have access to all these things?

@GoodGuyCameronTWO 6 жыл бұрын

VICE always putting out great content at the best timing.

@jonathanmedina8586 Ай бұрын

Irma was the sister devil of Maria. one following behind the other, 2 weeks apart.

@carlaollibac3884 Жыл бұрын

Dredd po ito it all started from LPA OR HPA Or even MPA to tropical deepression or severe td then ts then sts then C1 then C2 then C3 (major) then C4 Then C5 ( super )

@将軍九八.彁 7 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a video of Delta flight DL302.

@hmuphilly9129 3 жыл бұрын

What do they do when hurricane season is over?

@normannabatar6260 2 жыл бұрын

Today, we need to measure the amount of moisture. Too often, wind measurements sidelines the amount of moisture. Moisture content has been more destructive than the force of the wind.

@carlaollibac3884 Жыл бұрын

But i did not see a hypercane a hypercane could be a C6-C100

@marcan18 4 жыл бұрын

How do they recover the dropsonde ?

@theyes647 3 жыл бұрын

They don’t

@SavageInstitute 7 жыл бұрын

Hardcore meteorology!!!

@TheKiman2 7 жыл бұрын

I think we were expecting to see a shaking, rattling, plane...

@absoIuteIynot Жыл бұрын

I still remember when the monster hit us

@djteq9 6 жыл бұрын

lol they did not know you can use an unmanned aircraft

@jalalalap-akalala 7 жыл бұрын

Misleading title

@Squaliebawse 7 жыл бұрын

How was the turbulence tho???

@kurtilein3 7 жыл бұрын

I have seen another documentary about these airplanes. Its bad. Without the seatbelts, they would often hit the ceiling and then get slammed down to the floor, everything has to be strapped in or bolted down.

@STE4LYOURFACE 7 жыл бұрын

It's a video about the video you wanted to see

@rabbibenyaminkauffmann6480 7 жыл бұрын

Clickbait title

@KhaledTheSaudiHawkII 7 жыл бұрын

If this is a clickbait to you, then it's your expectations that's the problem. They flew a device into the hurricane which sends back data that tells you what goes on inside a hurricane.

@rabbibenyaminkauffmann6480 7 жыл бұрын

Don Draper Well done for your analogy. I gathered that from watching the video. But it's still a clickbait title. Clickbait title

@Mime275 7 жыл бұрын

i make those David Clark headsets. Hooyah

@franciscoarroyo18 5 жыл бұрын

Where's the fucn hurricane??

@chairshoe81 7 жыл бұрын

or you could just chew 5 gum

@user-ln8rr3dl1p 7 жыл бұрын

Really bored and fed up of bullshit politics tbh. Good video

@eharris6347 6 жыл бұрын

wasted time , watching an interview inside the airplane ,

@guythatcomments 7 жыл бұрын

Misleading title I thought it said what it's like to chew category 5 gum

@LominatySpy 7 жыл бұрын

#IRMA

@bootbro7825 7 жыл бұрын

Dufuq did u guys think it would be XD

@RICKY760 7 жыл бұрын

please stop seeding the clouds

@kurtilein3 7 жыл бұрын

So you did not watch the video?

@seabee1025 6 жыл бұрын

They cant circulate dirty money through the Local Walmart Femer camps if they dont. Murrican conspiracy. Got dang liberals.

@TexasAggies2424 Ай бұрын

🌀🌀🌀

@donsolo4845 7 жыл бұрын

My mom's friends husband does this...

@davidsherbert6896 5 жыл бұрын

well then, you all have freaking lost your damn minds!!!

@Terasunagi 4 жыл бұрын

No we haven't. We aren't scaredy cats and like weather. Deal with it

@christopherpavlich5123 2 жыл бұрын

I doubt the good TSgt is a Researcher with Human Rights Watch. If she is, it makes no sense in the context of this video, and is irresponsible to associate it with conducting official military duties.

@Sncedayone Жыл бұрын

Wonder if he joined the mile high hurricane club?

@msflimflam6376 4 жыл бұрын

That's dumb but k

@mustardwizard 7 жыл бұрын

DID HE DIED

@Akhil-gd1fl 5 жыл бұрын

Clickbait

@gregorydoyle4804 7 жыл бұрын

i found this uninteresting.

@letsseewhatwecanlearn9242 6 жыл бұрын

Bro that's pretty stupid

@MatimoreAgain 7 жыл бұрын

Lets start taking ALL the money in the world (like the millions and millions of dlrs it takes to make crappy Transformers movies for example or think military dept.) from all sectors and lets start saving the climate!!! Even if it takes some funky science fiction solution!!!!!