The advent of satellite imagery has brought about many advantages to weather forecasters. Long before this technology, lots of weather forecasting was done blindly without any equipment that could predict accurate weather patterns. The effects of this lack of technology were felt by the people of Galveston, Texas, when a hurricane took about 6000 lives on September 9, 1990. It is considered one of the worst hurricanes that the US has ever encountered. After this […]
