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I didn't know some Freepers were discounting Sandy's strength/destruction. Metmom, I stayed glued to the TV and watched the weather channel and Fox and CNN, switching back and forth to watch what was happening before it came in, during it, and afterward. Perhaps a person has to be in one to understand hurricanes have a mind of their own and where they go is not up to us and no one knows what it will destroy when it comes ashore, regardless of the number it is given. That storm was exceptional due to two systems meeting. When I saw that was going to happen, I knew there would be great destruction and loss of life.

I saw Hurricane Ike heading my way and it was enormous in size - that meant a large destruction field and I was going to be in it for a number of hours due to it's being so large. There was nothing I could do to stop it or move it somewhere else. All I could do was get ready for no power and the town totally shutting down for days and I didn't know how many days, no one knew that. One also doesn't know if a tornado(s) will be spawned from it. I didn't know if my house would be damaged, whether or not the two huge trees behind my house were going to fall on it. If they did, they would crash into my bedroom.

My point is, even a 1 hurricane can destroy everything you have and kill you. People who are dismissing Sandy as a weak hurricane are absolutely wrong.

Ike was in 2008 and every year that passes makes us closer to another one coming here. I hope it is many years before one comes to New Jersey and New York and the rest of the states in that area.