[dirtboy]

The main concerns all along for this storm were surge and widespread power outages. Both came to pass - and NYC, Long Island and the Jersey Shore got hammered by surge. This is at least a 20 billion dollar disaster and could end up being the second-worst hurricane damage in US history.

So please give it a rest.

[GlockThe Vote]

A lot of damage here. F off delusional psychotics downplaying the damage. Millions wo power.

[justa-hairyape]

Irene just last year, was estimated to cost over 15 Billion and millions were without power. So Sandy was not unique because we had almost the exact situation just last year with respect to damage and power loss. What was unique was the combining of the two storms. Just pointing out that the hysteria about Sandy is just that, hysteria. The damage is bad, but not unprecedented.

Hurricane Irene one year later: Storm cost $15.8