Hurricane Hunters Fly First Storm Of 2008 Season


	Hurricane Hunters Fly First Storm Of 2008 Season

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2582bccd-ecd6-41d8-85b1-95086a0dadef/489FC18C-8D4B-4181-AE34-6E50C0A9D64C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html" href="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.terradaily.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><SPAN class="BHL">Hurricane Hunters Fly First Storm Of 2008 Season<BR /></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.terradaily.com/img/877F2129-50C3-42FC-BC76-55C340D27E96" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><SPAN class="BL">The Air Force Reserve Command squadron began using the Smurf last season as it was outfitted on each of the 10 WC-130J Hercules aircraft in the fleet. This year, all aircraft are Smurf-equipped.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><SPAN class="BDL">Keesler AFB MS (AFNS) Jul 18, 2008<BR /></SPAN>
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As the Hurricane Hunters prepared to fly their first storm of the 2008 hurricane season July 11, Hurricane Bertha lumbered on a wide path toward Bermuda.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><P>
At the time, the category 1 hurricane kicked up winds of 85 mph. It was about 350 miles south southeast of the island, churning northwest at about 7 mph.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><P>
While the hurricane's current path takes it east of Bermuda, island residents could still experience squally weather and high surf during the weekend.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_Hunters_Fly_First_Storm_Of_2008_Season_999.html"><P>
The Hurricane Hunters are using the newest equipment to help determine the surface level winds, giving people in the area a clearer picture of what to expect.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/489FC18C-8D4B-4181-AE34-6E50C0A9D64C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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