62 's mission was to play interceptor with the weather for the 'hog-nose ' ec by sending weather updates to assure him and the cp on okinawa that the front door would not slam in his face since the 'hog-nose ' was now committed to a flight north away from the worst of the storm and the relative safety of the south china sea and 62 was also available if the 'hog nose ' ran low on fuel and needed a gas station in a hurry as well as to relay radio transmissions should he have trouble communicating with okinawa .