Do you realize that Katarina would have killed tens of thousands were it not for SPACE TECHNOLOGY?
Think about it!
Were it not for weather satellites, environmental and imagery satellites,
and space-age computers, electronics and satelllite communications, the
death toll from Hurricane Katarina could have been in the TENS of THOUSANDS.
The worse-case scenario without space-age technology?
Over 480,000 unevacuated New Orleans citizens unprepared for the hurricane winds, rain
and floods...The death toll?...Unthinkably large.