[Pox]

A storm has NEVER done this. Ever.

Interesting statement. I've heard a lot of exclamations concerning this storm comparable to yours. Don't take this personally, but that is an absurd statement.

While I'm not downplaying the severity of this storm, the hyperbole I've witnessed today is "unprecedented" and "unexpected".

[rwfromkansas]

It’s not hyperbole. Look at the damn storm tracks. A storm has never moved like this before, and it’s the perfect location to just pile water into NYC.

[NELSON111]

I would agree with your statement to an extent. We can't say a storm has never done this. I think the Colonial Hurricane back in 1635 was worse.

However, I have not seen or studied a modern storm like this....and I've been doing this 25 years. The size is record in the Atlantic. The storm will most likely set pressure records (and if it doesn't...it will be within a couple of MBs)...it will also set surge records or be VERY close to it.

So if that doesn't make it rare...I don't know what does. NOW...add to that the fact it will hit the Jersey coast moving W-WNW. Add ALL of that up...and it makes it a storm that is rare...maybe once in every 500 years will you see all of that come together.

[GeronL]

Have you no empathy, thsir??

Dun’t you know that hyperbole for the greater good is warranted in such a sitsuashion??

For the sake of all that is holy, PEOPLE ARE GETTING WET!! This is the worst cat-apostrophe in the whole history of the WORLD!!

We need Barack Obama, mmm mmm mmm, to calm the waters as promised! Where is Obama??