It is true that some local councils should have done better, given the advance warning they had from the weathermen.

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By late 1992 Baron released his first storm-tracking software, allowing weathermen to follow the direction and speed of storms down to street level.

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They are intended to help fill the large gaps in meteorological knowledge that exist over the world's oceans, and which blight the work of weathermen.

ECONOMIST: Robots in the cockpit

So sitting here listening to the wind and weathermen howl, I started having what I guess you could call a Sandy version of a revenge fantasy.

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As it came to life out in the Caribbean around October 22nd, Mitch's wind speeds had made weathermen class it among the most violent hurricanes on record.

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