The U.S. has not seen a major hurricane—Category 3 or higher—make landfall since Hurricane Wilma hit on Oct. 24 2005 …Why is that the classification for “major”? Sandy was no joke in terms of damage done never mind duration.
Sandy had weakened from a Category 1 Hurricane to a Tropical Storm by the time that it made landfall in the United States
As a hurricane, Sandy was a wimp. The problem was having even a small hurricane, loaded with warm, wet air, colliding with an Arctic air mass. The resulting deluge was the source of most of the damage.
Sandy was a tropical storm when it made landfall. Not even a Category 1 hurricane. Yes, the damage was significant, but not what it could have been.
——Sandy was no joke in terms of damage done never mind duration.-——
“Super Storm Sandy” ( I hate that term) was a joke. It wasn’t even a hurricane when it made landfall...
The damage done was mostly bad timing from wind surge and high tides and poorly planned development with decades old building codes on the beach front...
I would hate to hear the whining if they experienced a real hurricane like Andrew...
I empathize with the people who lost everything, but it could have been much, much worst on a scale they don’t understand...
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Sandy's damage was caused by water...the storm surge. The storm was so big in size, it pushed up huge amounts of water on the beach and near the water.
Call it whatever you want, but Sandy was not a hurricane when it hit land.