While tax cuts for the rich are in play, and racist "guy" sitting in the white house, fumes
there are at least two month left in the Hurricane season, so guess what!
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NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters have grounded the Gulfstream IV aircraft that flies over storms at high altitude to gather data.
The plane, nicknamed Gonzo, has suffered a series of three malfunctions in a period of eight days.
The Gulfstream is the only high-altitude aircraft in NOAA’s hurricane hunter fleet; there is no backup.
The recently passed Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act requires a second aircraft be available to "prevent a single point of failure."
With more than two months of the Atlantic hurricane season left, NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters have grounded the Gulfstream IV aircraft that flies over storms at high altitudes to gather data.
"Unbelievably, there is no backup," Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) told the Palm Beach Post. "I’ve sounded the alarm on this until I’m blue in the face. The administration simply must act."
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/noaa-hurricane-hunter-aircraft-inoperable-with-two-months-of-hurricane-season
So we have right wing cabinet members gallivanting around on the taxpayer dollars while this plane sits grounded and there is no back-up
