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Connecticut’s biggest problem will be the 3 high tides that will happen during the long duration of the storm. The water is going to get backed up in Long Island sound. We haven’t ever seen anything in CT quite like this.

The winds will not be significant in terms of a hurricane but the duration of the winds we do get will cause problems. Those of us on the shoreline still have plenty of leaves on the trees.

Flooding is always a serious issue with any storm. If this large tropical storm Sandy takes a 90 degree turn west, the coastal locations south of where the eye hits, will actually experience the opposite of flooding. As the eye approaches coastal water will rise, but then as the eye passes over, water will be pushed south and south east, away from the coast. The people located north and north east of the eye landfall will get the worse flooding. IE - Mississippi flooded worse then New Orleans during Katrina. So rain will be the main flooding threat south and west of landfall, while coastal flooding will be worse north and north east of landfall. The west side of Sandy is really getting beat up by the cold front anyway. If the two lows combine, then yes, all bets are off and this could be a real nasty situation.