Anyone who has experienced a REAL hurricane considers the histrionics of those in the Northeast real entertainment. Noreasters are stronger than Sandy! What was a Cat 4-5 down south raining on you and making stop signs move is NOT being ‘slammed’ by a hurricane! I imagine every tv newscaster in NYC is already staking out their corner and stop sign/tree( wearing rainboots for that ankle deep floodwater) in the event Matthew heads north of the Bahamas. Perhaps they’ll evacuate NYC!!!
That’s a stupid statement. Does it matter if your home is destroyed by high winds or by tidal surge? No one claims Sandy was a hurricane when it hit NY & NJ, but due to the tidal surge, it did more damage than any hurricane in the US besides Katrina. $80 billion for Katrina, $70b for Sandy, $40b for Andrew and $30b for Ike.