Which sounds ridiculous
You were one of the worst on FR running around saying this wasn’t a big deal. Guess what? It was. Get lost and leave the hurricane threads to those who don’t have their heads up their butts.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:53 am by davidyeomans under Weather Hurricane
Sandy continues to steam towards the northeastern United States, potentially bringing a life-threatening situation to millions of people within the next 24 hours.
Sandy has not set any records with her peak wind speeds – only maxing out briefly at Category 3 status (115 mph) before impacting Cuba. But as of this morning, she has set a record of a different sort.
At the time of this image, Sandy is a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75mph. Hurricane Sandy is now the most energetic tropical cyclone in history, due mainly to its massive wind field.
In technical terms, Sandy contains the most integrated kinetic energy of any storm in history – meaning if you add up all of the total energy contained in her incredibly large area of tropical-storm-force winds, as well as her smaller area of hurricane-force winds, there has never been a tropical cyclone in history that has contained more overall sheer power.