Petty Officer 1st Class Brad Post checks cargo and passengers on a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J Hercules aircraft.  The plane is being flown from Elizabeth City, N.C., to the South Carolina border while the crew transmits Urgent Marine Information Broadcasts over the radio Sept. 4, 2008.  The broadcasts are to make as many boaters as possible aware that Tropical Storm Hanna is nearby and is predicted to come their direction.  Land based antennae are used also, but may not reach as far out as aircraft flying offshore.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick
Taken on 4 September 2008
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