Hurricane Sandy

[gt1racerlHDl]

WeatherScan Local Forecasts: Hurricane Sandy 2012

[WeatherWitness]

That's a nice graphic, but I don't like how they chose to present it.  Namely, why did TWC choose to put Irene on this graphic?  I understand a lot of people in the Northeast will be comparing Sandy and Irene (though there's really no need to; we know which one was worse), but Irene seems kind of pointless when comparing costliest and deadliest hurricanes.  Included on that list should be Ike, and if you want to go far back in time, Andrew.

[TWCCraig]

The only problem I have with the graphic is that some of the numbers will unfortunately keep rising such as the cost and the death toll so it's too early to start comparing when it's not completely over. Also, to put Irene in the picture wasn't a bad idea IMO. I compared this storm to Irene and Sandy was definitely worse. Irene was the most recent natural disaster to hit the northeast so people would compare it to Sandy. I will actually make my own little graphic of Irene compared to Sandy and post it tomorrow in my "Long Island Weather" thread.

Also, I don't know if anyone else noticed on the graph for Max US. Rainfall/Snowfall that even though Sandy had only 12.6" of max rain, the bar graph is higher than Irene's, which has 15" of max rainfall.

I also want to make a quick note how the media is mainly focusing on NJ and NYC rather than LI and SNE. Bad media, bad

[TWCC_DJK5555]

I don't know what to say about this.   

Georgia power crew turned away from Sandy-stricken New York for refusing to join union

Hopefully it's just a misunderstanding.   

[phw115wvwx]

It seems like the Weather Channel is about to be outdone in documentary coverage of Sandy.  Three networks have one-hour shows lined up over the next few days:

National Geographic:  November 15 at 10 PM EST
http://news.brevardtimes.com/2012/11/natgeo-superstorm-sandy-documentary-nov.html

History:  November 18 at 9 PM EST
http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/History-Channel-to-Examine-Recent-Storms-in-SUPERSTORM-2012-HELL-AND-HIGH-WATER-1118-20121109

Discovery:  November 18 at 9 PM EST
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/02/super-storm-premieres-sunday-november-18-on-discoverys-curiosity/155891/

[stormymikala]

The name Sandy was replaced by Sara.
http://news.msn.com/us/sandy-retired-from-tropical-storm-name-list

[Metarvo]

As monumental and destructive as this storm truly was, I'm not surprised Sandy was retired.  Hopefully, we won't have any hurricanes get that bad this year.

[TWCCraig]

Me neither. Not surprised. It will probably be the best storm I ever experienced and maybe ever will. I love hurricanes and high wind storms but I hope we don't get hit again this summer. There would literally be no more beach left. It's pretty rare to get a hurricane each year for 3 consecutive years here anyway.