An unusual file for the nothing works anymore folder:

As Idalia hit Florida, all of NOAA’s hurricane-hunting planes were grounded

As Hurricane Idalia rapidly approached Florida’s Big Bend region early Wednesday morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had to ground its last remaining “hurricane hunter” plane due to a generator failure.

Read the whole thing. With all the increasing talk about outright war between the GAE and Russia, know that the USSAF is in only slightly better shape than NOAA’s fleet. The big difference is that hurricanes can’t fire interceptor missiles nor level air force bases and supply infrastructure (not directly in their path, I suppose). Hurricane’s don’t normally destroy satellite ISR either. Little things like that.