Posted on 10/27/2013 8:30:34 AM PDT by SMGFan
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Too bad that strong leadership didn’t extend to telling New Jerseyans what we needed to hear most: that we must protect ourselves from rising sea levels that worsen severe flooding, and mightier storms in the future.
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And Sandy was really a minor hurricane. It just happened to be very bad luck, Sandy hit at near-high-tide, AND at just the right point to put the channel on the wrong side, allowing a higher-than-usual storm surge.
One of these years a Cat-3 is GOING to hit New York. It would be rare, but there is nothing that makes it “impossible”, just luck of the draw. That is going to wake a lot of people up.
Just like some day, we knew a cat-5 was going to hit at high tide in the gulf, and when it did, all the bad building techniques and government-program crap was going to be tested. And the “lowest bidder, highest briber” contracting of the levies showed that you get what you pay for.
Because New Jersey can, by itself, save the entire planet.
Sandy's storm surge was similar to a Cat-3+ hurricane. The surge was caused by a Cat-1 hurricane combining with an upper level low causing a large circulation.
Thus the high storm surge.
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