now, dr., the u.s. and european methods, they differ for forecasting a hurricane. during hurricane sandy last october, the model from the european center, that predicted eight days before landfall that the large storm would hit the east coast, while the u.s. super computer model showed sandy drifting out to sea. is it the model here or is it the equipment that s being pumped into the model. the equipment that s being used to gather the information? well, it s we re working off the same information, in making these predictions. people, the european center, the national centers for environmental prediction all have access to the same data. they run their models at higher resolution, further out in time. so they re able to capture these storm systems, the potential for the storm systems in their track, further out in time. in the eight, nine, ten-day