Once you realize that almost any agency could better perform its assigned tasks if it had a bigger budget, the mundane budgetary woes of the National Hurricane Center doesn't have quite the shock value that a Miami Herald front page investigative article should.
Perhaps they're trying to play catch-up with the Sun-Sentinel's truly shocking investigation of FEMA's performance in Florida last year. That was a tale of fools, and the money that flowed like wine.