[xkaydet65]

Sandy came ashore at Barnegat Light or thereabouts at 70 to 74mph winds at the eye. Tropical Storm but it had been over cold water and the eye was cool ergo not tropical. Winds at the away from the eye clocked somewhat faster on the eadtrrn side ofvthe storm as the storm’s forward movement added to wind speed. As for insurance, most homeowner policies list a deductible for Cat 1 and above but that applies to roof damage. The most egregious Sandy damage was tidal, not covered unless you had flood insurance. This caused the feds to pass appropriations for Sandy funds.

[DoodleBob]

Thank you for the post. I dug and found my source on this Sandy topic. It was a (no pun intended) perfect storm of situations that caused the confusion though it was noted in this article that:

The classification of the storm carries significant implications for home and business owners, as well as insurers, since most hurricane insurance policies have deductibles that would have been triggered only if the storm still had been a named hurricane at the time of landfall, and if hurricane warnings were in effect. In this case, neither one of those conditions were met.

I worked in NYC during Sandy. I remember being surprised at the devastation from a non-hurricane. I was shocked at how relatively unprepared some areas were for the storm, and I don't mean the people who had their homes washed away: the reports of fights at gas stations (mostly in NJ) and people who didn't prepare for a day or two without electricity, were mind-boggling.

Candidly, I believe these problems stem from a combination of citizens who, sadly, have become dependent upon the state's guidance for preparations, but more on Nanny State horrormongering. Every storm is now The End of the World as we Know It, and while I get the predeliction toward safety, there are costs to conservatism: lost incomes, lost wages, uncompensated business interruptions, and so on. In addition, the "sky is falling" weathercasting as well as outright lying...

...and situations like the hyped NYC blizzard in 2017 that fizzled but then the Feds knew the blizzard forecast was exaggerated — but didn’t want to confuse us has left most of us to navigate these situations via social media. I find FR to be an excellent - and accurate- source of storm coverage nowadays.

And yet, people wonder why a straight-talker like Trump is in the White House...

[Jim Noble]

My family lives in Nassau County halfway between the ocean and the sound. They had sustained hurricane force winds with gusts to 90. Almost all the old trees in the neighborhood went down.