Hurricane Sandy? Really? That storm was a cat 2 when it hit land in the US. It was big and destructive and its damage was costly. Why? Because we build things in areas frequented by hurricanes. Guess what. The next cat 2 that hits land will probably be more destructive, because costs always go up. Plus, we’ll have built newer, more expensive things in the places hurricanes strike.
Another reason it was expensive is because senators as far away as Michigan (Stabenow) were grabbing disaster money from the storm. She claimed there was storm damage all over the great lakes.