In any case, this particular cyclonic weather phenomenon was about 1000 miles wide. That's just short of 800,000 square miles, which is 3 TIMES the total area of Texas!
Ike, in comparison, was about 1/4 the size of the total area of Texas.
That makes Ike 1/12 the size of Sandy!
You are grossly misinformed. Of course I know about flood damage! It's the storm surge that caused all the damage to Galveston and that coastal area with Ike. Rita had a lot more wind damage than Sandy. I have several friends who lost not only their beach houses but their beach front lots...now part of the GOM and the water is up to where the houses were. One friends' house was found across the highway with the pictures still on the walls. It wasn't blown away, it was washed away by the storm surge!
Ike covered most of TX.
Again, I guess you know more than I do because... I had to (mandatory) evacuate Rita and Ike. Between these two, we were spared evacuation from Gus...it turned.
Sandy was not that strong a storm...as hurricanes blow.
The worst part is just now coming...when shock turns to frustration and anger...when people can't get fuel or groceries.
BTW, several tank trucks of fuel from Houston have already arrived outside NYC...waiting to get in.