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, lack of financing and delays in launching replacements, according to several recent official reviews.
The looming gap in satellite coverage, which some experts view as almost certain within the next few years, could result in shaky forecasts about storms like Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit the East Coast early next week.
Sounds like the millenium bug all over again. Remember when the whole world shut down in 2000? Airplanes fell from the sky, cars suddenly died? Banks and government couldn’t function?