More articles about the poor state of our nations weather forecast systems

MASHABLE article that sums up the issue pretty well.
http://mashable.com/2014/10/30/hurricane-sandy-weather-forecasting/

Capital Weather Gang
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/10/29/two-years-after-sandy-u-s-global-weather-prediction-still-inferior-to-europe-and-falling-further-behind/

And why should be worry about forecasting the weather correctly? According to this study, normal weather costs the United states almost $500,000,000,000 every year! Add in the cost of exceptional destructive weather events and that cost soars higher.
https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/news/4810/economic-cost-weather-may-total-485-billion-us