How Everyone Weathering the "Frankenstorm"?

[Tonington]

The damage will likely be in the billions, hardly nothing to worry about...cavalier attitudes risk lives.

Current estimates are in the range of $20 Billion. Lives lost in this storm is up to 39. Millions lost power.

As for the meteorology of the "only a category 1" see below:

In a stunning spectacle of atmospheric violence, Superstorm Sandy roared ashore in New Jersey last night with sustained winds of 90 mph and a devastating storm surge that crippled coastal New Jersey and New York. Sandy's record size allowed the historic storm to bring extreme weather to over 100 million Americans, from Chicago to Maine and from Michigan to Florida. Sandy's barometric pressure at landfall was 946 mb, tying the Great Long Island Express Hurricane of 1938 as the most powerful storm ever to hit the Northeast U.S. north of Cape Hatteras, NC. New York City experienced its worst hurricane since its founding in 1624, as Sandy's 9-foot storm surge rode in on top of a high tide to bring water levels to 13.88' at The Battery, smashing the record 11.2' water level recorded during the great hurricane of 1821.
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A monster of a storm. Sandy broke the all-time low pressure records in a number of cities across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Meanwhile, on the back side of the storm some cities, such as Davis, West Virginia received over two feet of snow.

One for the records. The prearedness in the past few years seems to be getting better though, as many are saying the losses from this storm could have been far worse.

 

[Praxius]

Anything can always be worse.

How many of those deaths were related to people wandering outside during the storm?

I heard one guy died inside their house when a tree landed on it (These things happen and you really can't prepare too much for that).... and a woman not too far away was killed because she stepped in an electrified puddle and then you have that lady in Canada who said hello to a sign flying at her.

Again, see my comment before about the difference between being prepared vs. someone who isn't.

Wandering around an area outside during a hurricane and surrounded by plenty of things that can fall or fly around (Power lines, trees, signs, patio furniture, etc.) is a sure fire way of getting hurt or killed.

Then again, I wander outside a bit during Hurricane Juan back in 2003.... that lasted about 5 minutes before I thought to myself, I better gtf back inside before one of these trees comes down on me.

I am curious on how many of those people died though....

 

[Bar Sinister]

More like global cooling. If it was global warming it would be hot not snowing.

I assume you are joking but in case you are not; hurricanes are generated by heating over water.

 

[Mowich]

And new joizy is tough enough to handle it.

I sure hope so, gerry.........from what I am seeing on TV today, they will need to be.

 

[damngrumpy]

I have a friend in NJ and they took quite a beating but are fine my friend in Massachusetts
has a basement full of water and I mean full and no power. This is a mess no matter how
you look at it. I hope we in Canada are ready to provide trades assistance to get power up
and running etc. We may call each other names and sometimes we are even suspicious of
each others intentions but its part of what makes us friends some say even cousins and its
true. I have a lot of family in the Boston area and all the way down the eastern seaboard.
Gives me lots of people to argue with after all.

 

[Mowich]

I have a friend in NJ and they took quite a beating but are fine my friend in Massachusetts
has a basement full of water and I mean full and no power. This is a mess no matter how
you look at it. I hope we in Canada are ready to provide trades assistance to get power up
and running etc. We may call each other names and sometimes we are even suspicious of
each others intentions but its part of what makes us friends some say even cousins and its
true. I have a lot of family in the Boston area and all the way down the eastern seaboard.
Gives me lots of people to argue with after all.

The images of the destruction are simply breath-taking, DG. So much damage, so widespread. I was listening to a news item about insurance which mentioned that most policies won't cover flood damage. Unless policy owners have a separate rider, they won't get any compensation from their insurance companies. As far as rebuilding, the land that many of the houses once rested upon is gone, washed into the sea. Mind you, I imagine many of them are now thinking about getting as far away from the ocean as they possibly can.

I imagine our gov has already been in touch with the Pres, offering whatever it can to help - and knowing Canadians, the Red Cross is probably very busy collecting donations.