[yarddog]

The Northeast does not handle storms very well.

Sandy had declined to a tropical storm and still did major damage.

[Col Frank Slade]

Sandy was a cat 4.

[ClearCase_guy]

The last actual hurricane to hit anywhere in the USA was in 2008 (Ike).

The Global Warming crowd thought we'd get more hurricanes, and bigger hurricanes. Not so much. It's been tropical storms at most for 7 years.

[ealgeone]

And thanks to Christie handed the election to Obama.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The Northeast does not handle storms very well. Sandy had declined to a tropical storm and still did major damage.

When the Moon is in the right place to make spring tides and the hurricane has a 500 mile span, lots of flooding follows in flood zones. That's what hit New York and New Jersey, lots of water. When you live less than ten feet above mean sea level along a coast, you are at risk. There are many places beyond the Northeast that are susceptible. New Orleans is another story. It's below mean sea level. They have a death wish.