If the storm actually hits it could be a pretty big deal.
Katrina was a small storm if I remember right. The problem during Katrina was the storm walls giving way and allowing NO to be flooded. By the time Katrina hit land the power was way down from what it had been and looking at the one graphic Katrina had hurricane force winds 105 out from the center during its strongest point at 175 in a very small center.
Sandy has hurricane force winds out at the same distance 105 but has tropical force winds 450 miles out. This is a very big storm ! Katrina was nothing like it.
During Irene last year the state of Virginia, where I live had 2 million people without power for a significant amount of time. I would say that is a big deal. Some as long as 2 weeks or more if I remember right. Then add on this time that it will turn cold due to Northern winds and there are possible millions and millions of people without heat, or electricity for heat, I should say. I live in a small city in southern Va. and last year in my little 2 block area 3 trees on 3 houses and one tree missed mine by 3 or 4 feet. When you have several big oaks right out side your window it is no fun.
Then also this strom is moving very slowly and sustained winds for 24 or more hours at tropical force and many trees ect are going to be down. Hopefully not a large loss of life, but potentially this is a very big and possible devestating storm. It will not blow houses a part but it will impact a lot of people. I’m hoping we miss out this time.
One park in Richmond had over a hundred thousand trees down during Isabelle. It looked like a war zone around here and one guy from Louisiana working the storm said he had never seen so many trees down. But 42 inches of rain in the 3 months prior to Isabelle caused that, and 75 MPH winds.
Dang, that's a whole buncha trees ! :^)
LOL. Katrina was a Huge, very large, storm , 41 foot storm surge, 175 mph winds. even with the fake hype this Sandy is nothing compared to Katrina. Katrina had the highest storm surge recorded in the U.S.
http://www.wunderground.com/education/Katrinas_surge_contents.asp
"Fully 90 miles of coast from eastern Louisiana to Alabama received a storm surge characteristic of a Category 3 hurricane." you have absoloutely no clue what Katrina was if any this was a huge storm , but not this sandy which will be nothing
NOAA , obama’s government agency is reporting a wind speed of 75 for sandy . sure just so they can call it a hurricane! this would be funny if it weren't so sad how they are pulling the strings of all the puppets and the sheep believe all these lies even on here.
The winds aren't 75 as NOAA says but lower. and will get even lower with the cold water. but the media and gov say it is the storm of the century. LOL ridiculous you try to downplay katrina , i was here , but build this crap up. Obama and the media just want to get bengazi off of the news and you buy it . ridiculous. see you here after the election so i can ridicule your posts.