Hurricane Milton: Bay Area company’s Saildrones gathering critical info for NOAA [Video]

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) — There’s a unique Bay Area connection to Hurricane Milton.

An Alameda company called Saildrone, Inc. has been monitoring the hurricane with ocean drones.

The drones are designed to take a beating during dangerous weather conditions while gathering critical information for NOAA. Saildrone, Inc. has been collecting hurricane data for NOAA for the past four years.

A Saildrone is a powerful tool manufactured in Alameda.

It’s bright like a buoy, but acts like a sailboat and is an unmanned drone.

“Saildrone technology is very exciting,” said Robbie Dean, VP of Program Delivery of Saildrone, Inc. “We’re so happy to be able go out into the ocean to these very remote places and collect persistent data.”

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