[justa-hairyape]

There has been no warming for 10 to 14 years. Even the slightly honest AGW acolyte's admit that. Therefore warming had nothing at all to do with Sandy. In fact Sandy could have ramped up to a Cat 2 or Cat 3 if it was not for the cold front that stripped its western end clouds. So Global Cooling or lack of warming helped save New York City.

[palmer]

Yes, the dry (and cold) slot wrapped around Sandy starting east of Florida and prevented further strengthening. But the cold air around our latitude actually strengthened Sandy about a day before landfall (the dense cold air pushing the warm air upwards or baroclinic forcing). But the warmer than normal Atlantic was also a factor in that forcing.