Hurricane Awareness tour encourages public to prepare now

The New Orleans public lines up at the Lakefront Airport May 18, 2016, to tour the WC-130J Super Hercules Aircraft used by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to collect weather data for the National Hurricane Center used to improve their forecasts. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf Coast cities as part of the Hurricane Awareness Tour May 16-20, 2016. The tour is a joint effort between NOAA's National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center and the 403rd Wing's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to promote awareness about the destructive forces of hurricanes and how people can prepare. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)