Uhhh... when a storm is weaker it’s usually wider and longer. Heck, I think everyone in Louisiana would have loved to have gotten hit by a Sandy-like storm. The damage would have been far milder than Katrina.
if sandy had hit, say, alabama, the nightly news broadcast would have been . . .
“a serious rainstorm named sandy hits alabama. rednecks get wet. in other news, malia obama’s dog coughed up a hairball”