CAT1 refers only to windspeed. Any hurricane force winds are serious, but CAT 1 is mild, when it comes to windspeeds.
The problem is water.
Sandy has the lowest barometric pressure EVER, at this latitude (how far north).
It is one of, or possibly THE largest (area) storms ever.
That means it's moving A LOT of water.
60+ MPH winds over a 500 mile stretch of coastline.
The destructive potential of Sandy (they put a number on it) is higher than Katrina.
The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic blizzard which struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes from January 25–27, 1978. The 28.28 inches (958 millibars) barometric pressure measurement recorded in Cleveland, Ohio was the lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the mainland United States until the Upper Midwest Storm of October 26, 2010 (28.20" measured at 5:13PM CDT at Bigfork Municipal Airport, Bigfork, MN). The lowest central pressure for the 1978 blizzard was 28.05" (953 mb) measured in southern Ontario a few hours after the aforementioned record in Cleveland Star Tribune
Sorry we aren’t buying all this hyperbole. Some of have lived through category 4 or category 5 storms. So this aint nothing.
Oh, it’s the water.
The size of this thing is impressive.
The media will hype it, fine.
The lnly way it’ll affect the election will be to recreate what was once known as broken glass Republicans into Hurricaine Rpublicans, and variations from that.
These are solid blue states x Penn and NH, neither of which seem to have hurricaine Dems.
It’ll keep Benghazi off the view for a few days, but THAT is NOT going to go away.
The ambassador was killed in-country. It won’t go away even if BO gets back in - ptu-ptu.
The buoys and stations at NOAA and wunderground aren’t showing sustained winds at that point, at least 10-15 miles less for the max.
You can’t say ever. The weather has only been measured for around a 100 years. Use your brain before posting nonsense.
Coastal people have to watch out.....it's the storm surge that will pose the most danger.
For all of you pooh poohers! In New England we are feeling the effects already,
I believe this sucker is still some 500 miles away.
I get the whole “hyped up” overreaction response.
My inland neighborhood was without power for 10 days last year with Irene.. wasn’t so cold then.
Our power lines are on phone poles which get whacked by falling trees etc.
You can get snarky after you live through it.