![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090114072556im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Science at the Center of the Storm
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December 16, 2008
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Six days before Hurricane Ike--the third most destructive hurricane in U.S. history--crashed into the Texas coast, on land, teams of scientists, technologists and emergency coordinators were feverishly working on what would be one of the greatest scientific experiments of their lives.
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Source Texas Advanced Compter Center, University of Texas, Austin
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