It is hard to believe that 10 years ago this week, the tropical depression that would become Hurricane Katrina formed. According to NOAA, Katrina killed over 1200 people, resulted in $108 billion in property damage, and happened within a year in which we literally ran out of storm names. When you compare $108 billion to the National Weather Services’ roughly $1 billion budget, the investments in weather prediction are a bargain.

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