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The countries and hurricanes this jet has flown through (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
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[–] 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I love that this is an American jet but they still have a flag of Puerto Rico as if it's a separate country.

Nice bit of irony there.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    TBF they also have Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    At least they're consistent.

    But I'd say they should probably all be independent too.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hawaii maybe (but even then they currently benefit more than they suffer from being a state), but certainly not Alaska. They can't even sustain themselves without help from the federal government.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Hawaii maybe (but even then they currently benefit more than they suffer from being a state)

    I doubt the natives think the same.

    but certainly not Alaska. They can’t even sustain themselves without help from the federal government.

    Probably because its run as an extractive economy.

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    • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    A lot of those are not country flags

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The proud nation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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    • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Lt. Commander Sam Urato, a P-3 pilot of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, points to decals on the fuselage of the Lockheed WP-3D Orion 'hurricane hunter' aircraft representing the hurricanes it has penetrated during a hurricane awareness tour at Washington National Airport, Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Hurricane season starts Wednesday, June 1, 2022, and it's looking busy because every factor out there is pointing to another nasty year in the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

    https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/05/31/experts-everything-points-to-another-busy-hurricane-season/

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Why are two of the hurricanes backward???

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Might genuinely indicate the circulation direction of the hurricanes. Due to the Coriolis effect, hurricanes on the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise and on the southern hemisphere clockwise.

    So, maybe they only took part in one hurricane season in the South or something...

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    • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't the white flag with the blue cross the russian navy flag?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's the Scottish flag.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Mother Nature: "Target accepted."

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Penetrated. Tee hee hee

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