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A brave hurricane hunter from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association filmed himself as the plane he was on hit extreme turbulence — while flying right through the center of Hurricane Milton on Tuesday.That's putting it lightly. The footage recorded by the NOAA's Nick Underwood shows equipment flying all over the place while passengers hold on to their seats for dear life, as they experience moments of weightlessness.
The plane, a Lockheed WP-3D Orion dubbed "Miss Piggy," wasn't just hurtling through the "monster" storm just for fun.The storm is expected to make landfall later today, ripping into a highly populated area of Florida's coast. The last storm, Hurricane Helene, tore through the area less than two weeks ago, marking an incredibly dangerous hurricane season.The agency's plane was built in the 1970s and has been used to get a better sense of growing storms ever since.
"The purpose of these missions is primarily to locate the center of the storm and measure central pressure and surface winds around the eye," the National Weather Service's director of public affairs Susan Buchanan The plane, "Miss Piggy," is one of two WP-3D Orions being used by the NOAA. The other plane is called Kermit, since the two Muppets "are such good friends and the two aircraft are very close,"
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