With Gap In Satellite Funding, The Next Sandy Could Come With No Advance Warning

Political fuss about satellite funding means that the U.S. may soon be without weather prediction capability. As Hurricane Sandy approached over the weekend, we were all glued to our media sources, watching satellite maps, minute-by-minute updated predictions of where and how hard she will strike, and protocols for survival. But what if we hadn't known a storm was coming? The next one might take us by surprise.

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