Thousands of people have been lost, and [people] continue to be lost today in heavy storms. Yet our numbers are down. So the beneficial change has just been enormous. |
We have to reach the same stage of advancement in all the other areas. Weather is an example where the world has been able at the political level to exchange data. |
We take building this warning system very seriously. |
We've been able to improve our warning system. Our records on tornado warnings, hurricane warnings, on flood warnings have been improving, |
We've gone from zero to 100 people round the table. |
When you look across the spectrum of benefits that could be gained from Earth-observing data, they are just enormous. Right now, 30 percent of our economy is based on information that we obtain just from today's systems. Imagine how it will be if we are able to gain a comprehensive understanding of how the Earth really works -- system by system -- and how it's connected. |