Also how do they end up in front of the tornado of the day every day
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jun 23, 2025, 12:22 am • 9 0 • view
Some hypotheses Jack: - they have more than one team and deploy on several storms. We don’t see the “misses”. They could also deploy multiple sensors on each storm. Some drones (w/permission) can operate out of LOS - drones these days are stronger and thus not merely passive tracers 1/2
jun 23, 2025, 2:41 am • 3 0 • view
… - their website says they are self funded, although mentions a NIST project 2/2
jun 23, 2025, 2:41 am • 3 0 • view
they have a lot of experience as storm chasers so they know where to go, they use pretty well-hardened drones, and they have definitely lost a few. they are a very worthy follow.
jun 23, 2025, 12:25 am • 0 0 • view