Operations of the Hurricane Hunters at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. A data sheet being removed from a dropsonde read-out instrument aboard a United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules. A sign at the entrance of a building reads: 'Welcome to Ramey Air Force Base, Home of the 72nd Bomb Wing (H), 72nd Combat Support Group'. The Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft taxiing at the air base. Buildings in the background. The airplane in flight overhead. A duty officer removing a weather report from a teletype machine. He hands the report to Major Stewart.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in Puerto Rico. A United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight overhead. A dropsonde being ejected from the aircraft. The airplane in flight over the clouds. High altitude view of a target area.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in Puerto Rico. A United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 Hercules aircraft in flight overhead. Interior of the aircraft. High altitude view of Ramey Air Force Base. A pilot and a flight engineer at controls of the airplane. A navigator looking at a radarscope.
Scenes related to the Stormfury cloud seeding research project. Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico. Mountains in the background. A U.S. Weather Bureau DC-6 aircraft takes off. It is modified with a large radar housing on its belly. United States Navy RA-3B Skywarrior aircraft takes off from a runway. Second RA-3B taxiing and taking off from the runway. The aircraft in flight overhead. A DC-4 aircraft takes off.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in the United States. Extremely high altitude view looking down on a hurricane On the ground, trees blown up by winds and a town submerged in water. Meterologists and technicians working in the National Hurricane Advisory Center in Miami, Florida. Flight Operations building at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Air Force personnel reading weather messages. View from below of U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) Weather Service WC-130E/H aircraft taking off. A notice about the hurricane being printed out. The WC-130E/H aircraft in flight during a regular mission for checking wind speed and direction. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of the aircraft, which is encountering considerable turbulence. A dropsonde being ejected out from the aircraft. A man working on an instrument. A MAC Weather Service WC-130E/H aircraft taking off.
Damage due to the September 21, 1938 New England Hurricane (also called the Long Island Express Hurricane) in the United States. Buildings along streets in New York City in driving rain and winds. Cars moving on a street. Rain falling in the city and deep water ponding in roads. Rubble in the area. A large tree that crushed a car. Wrecked ships and boats along a coastal port. Men look at the boats, many of which are partially sunken or aground. Aerial view of wrecked cars and other vehicles. Destroyed bridges. Wind wrecked homes on coast. A wrecked train on a railroad line, derailed off the tracks.
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