CAT4 Hurricane JIMENA (Pending Flight)
UPDATE:
DANG! Just got a call! Mexico wont let anyone with cameras fly over, so no media on the flight. I don’t get to go! Guess all I can do is hope for another BIG storm in the right place for me to go!!!! pout! pout! 
As many of you may remember, last May I flew on a Bloggers Flight with the 403rd Reserve Hurricane Hunters out of Keesler AFB. This was just a training flight, but was a historic moment for the Air Force and bloggers. This was the first time that the Air Force recognized bloggers as an important media source for reaching the American public. I was very honored and excited about being included in this flight. Because of my participation in this flight, I was on the list to be asked to fly into the eye of a real storm during the Hurricane season!
Being the adrenaline junkie that I am, ya’ll know this was something that I would wait on pins and needles for. For weeks now I have had a small bag packed, just waiting with great anticipation for the call……
The call like the one I got this morning! YIPE!!!!
Hurricane JIMENA is sitting off the coast of Baja California and is at this moment a CAT 4 with 145 mph winds. The following is from the National Hurricane Center.
JIMENA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH…13 KM/HR…AND A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK…JIMENA WILL BE APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA ON TUESDAY.
Thats TOMORROW and the day I get to fly with our brave Air men & women into the eye of this storm. The chance to see nature express itself in such a manner from this vantage point is an experience that I will never forget. But to witness what these RESERVIST do every day to protect and give warning to us is a great honor! Not all battles are fought in war. Not only are we in need of being protected from man-made weapons. And not only active duty personnel are working every day to keep us safe from life threating events.
I look forward with great enthusiasm to being included on this flight and will have lots of pictures and hopefully some video of the storm as we fly into the eye, when I get back.
