NOAA, USAF Reserve embark on Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour

May 6, 2016As part of its efforts to build a Weather-Ready Nation, NOAA’s hurricane experts will tour five U.S. Gulf coastal cities to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for the upcoming hurricane season. The tour will include a U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft and the NOAA G-IV aircraft, both of which are used in hurricane forecasting.

"All of the technologies we apply to issuing the best possible forecasts will live up to their full potential only if communities, families, and individuals prepare far in advance,” said Rick Knabb, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. “We all must dedicate ourselves to taking steps now to be ready, long before the next hurricane strikes."

The tour is partnering with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homesoffsite link(FLASH) with the #HurricaneStrongoffsite link campaign to reenergize and inspire hurricane readiness by increasing public awareness and action before the next storm strikes.

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