agreed, here down south we know about storms but to listen to my MIL who is up in MA then one would think this was Andrew and Katrina all rolled in one.
People buying loads of food, stocking up with various items and the media will use this to cover on Libya and this cover up.
just to remind you about how tiny Katrina was to Sandy ~ which is well into it’s second day here ~ http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/hurricanekatrina/articles/images/path.jpg
