Without weather forecasters, our canaries in the storm, expect disaster

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Andrew Hazelton, opinion contributor Before modern forecasting, hurricanes were mass casualty events. The 1900 Galveston Hurricane killed over 8,000 people, wiping out an entire city with a 15-foot storm surge. Less than a century ago, Hurricane Okeechobee killed over 2,500 Floridians in a tragedy that today would be largely preventable. We’ve come a long way since…