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An ocean drone launched from St. Petersburg into Hurricane Idalia. Here’s what it saw.
Tampa Bay Times ^
| 12 Sept 2023
| Max Chesnes
Posted on 09/13/2023 1:19:22 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Shaped like a sailboat and stretching 23 feet long, the unmanned research vehicle, dubbed a saildrone, was a long way from its home in St. Petersburg. Roughly 200 nautical miles from Idalia’s eye on Aug. 29, as an angry sea tossed and toiled, the vehicle began recording video.
...What happens at the surface, where the wind meets water? Saildrone is now working directly with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to answer that question.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: fl; florida; hurricane; idalia; saildrone
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To: z3n
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09/13/2023 2:20:34 PM PDT
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telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Perhaps for those fully adapted to cellphone use? I tend to prefer the size used by Jackson Pollock. Not so much his content but the frame size. Whatever floats your whale boat. ;O)
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09/13/2023 2:37:54 PM PDT
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Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
To: stanne; unread
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09/13/2023 3:10:17 PM PDT
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subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Keep in mind that the Tampa Bay Times is a LEFTIST newspaper.. thus the reason for the story claiming this is due to "climate change."
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