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Buoys
Key in Hurricane
Photo by Tina Reid
At New Orleans' Lakefront Airport, three members of NOAA's National
Data Buoy Center staff helped educate kids about the key role of buoys
in hurricane safety. Tina Reid, Eric Meindl and Dave Gilhousen displayed
a 3-meter buoy, one of the few sources of wave measurements during a
hurricane. Buoy wind measurements help define the radius of hurricane
and gale force winds. Buoys also sometimes help determine that a tropical
depression or storm, even before hurricane hunters are dispatched. The
event was a feature of the National Weather Service's Gulf Coast Hurricane
Awareness Tour.
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