Sun, Aug 24, 2008
NASA Does Fairly Well -- Some GA Fields... Not So Much
While managers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, were reopening
the center for normal operations Friday morning for workers' first
shift, Tropical Storm Fay continued to pound away at Northern and
western Florida throughout th weekend. The ever-so-slow-moving
Tropical Storm Fay kept Kennedy closed since Tuesday. The center
was set to open Thursday morning for limited operations, but Fay
stalled off the coast from Kennedy overnight and continued to bring
heavy rain and tropical storm force wind to the area through
mid-day.
Based on initial assessments, there is no damage to space flight
hardware, such as the space shuttles and Hubble Space Telescope
equipment. Some facilities did sustain minor damage. Most reports
are of water intrusion that will require mopping up. A group of
emergency personnel, known as a "ride-out crew," has been on-site
since Tuesday and remained on-duty through Friday morning to
provide real-time assessments.
The rest of Florida aviation and aerospace did not fare as well.
ANN has received reports of flood and wind damage to a number of
Florida aviation facilities, including damage to nearby aircraft,
control towers and hangars. Friday, top gusts between 1500 and 1600
revealed as much as 45 mph at Mayport Naval Station, 42 mph at
Craig Municipal Airport and 39 mph at St. Augustine airport.
Damage (shown here) at Jacksonville's Craig Field was reported
to a number of aircraft as well as the control tower. (ANN thanks
Joel Weaner for the photos).
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