Aboard an Air Force hurricane chase plane over the Gulf of Mexico (CNN)It came into the world without celebration or joy, or any of the usual fanfare that accompanies a birth announcement.
A team of US Air Force reservists witnessed the unwelcome birth Thursday of Hurricane Hermine in the skies above the Gulf of Mexico.
Flying through the eye of the storm several times, the crew of Hurricane Hunters — including meteorologist Maj. Tobi Baker — could see Hermine was a bit messy and unorganized — but in several key parts of the storm, it packed powerful, strengthening winds of around 80