WASHINGTON — The United States is facing a year or more without crucial satellites that provide invaluable data for predicting storm tracks, a result of years of mismanagement and underfunding, according to several recent official reviews.
The looming gap in satellite coverage, which some experts view as almost certain to occur within the next few years, could result in shaky forecasts about storms like Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit the Northeast seaboard early next week.
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Yet another ignored national need by an Obama administration more interested ion birth control and abortion and mandating health insurance than anything else. Watch Barry the O try to position himself as a national hero after Sandy's damage is done. The guy is such a phoney.
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This article would have been more informative if it had provided greater specifics on the ". . . years of mismanagement and underfunding . . ." referenced in the first paragraph. What, for example, has been the projected budgetary shortfall and over what time period?