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re: Why do people from the NYC area insist that Sandy was a real hurricane?
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:41 pm to TigersHuskers
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:41 pm to TigersHuskers
I went up there in waves to help FDNY guys, because they did so much for us during and after Katrina. And we have a really close relationship with them.
The damage was real. Plenty loss their entire homes.
So whatever they want to call it shouldn’t really bother you. It was a hurricane, though, so..
The damage was real. Plenty loss their entire homes.
So whatever they want to call it shouldn’t really bother you. It was a hurricane, though, so..
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 1:43 pm
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Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:42 pm to TigersHuskers
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TigersHuskers
It was the surge plus high tide dummy.
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The track of Sandy resulted in a worse case scenario for storm surge for coastal regions from New Jersey north to Connecticut including New York City and Long Island. Unfortunately, the storm surge occurred near the time of high tide along the Atlantic Coast. This contributed to record tide levels.
They had a lot of water damage plus the cold front on the other side that didn't help matters.
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Sandy was the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. In addition to the devastation the storm produced along the coastline, it was also a big-time snow producer inland. Sandy dumped two-to-three feet of snow in the central Appalachian Mountains, collapsing roofs and taking down trees and power lines. It was a rare tropical beast that was able to morph itself into a snowstorm.
The Snowy Side of Sandy
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:44 pm to TigersHuskers
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Wtf is a superstorm anyway?
A mild storm that knocked down all of their shitty beach houses but they needed to have it well publicized to milk the federal government for funds.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:45 pm to TigersHuskers
Went to New York after Sandy. It definitely wrecked a lot of Manhattan. It may have gotten more media hype due to its location, but the damage was real.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:46 pm to Bigryno7
A lot of mad in this thread 
Posted on 7/12/19 at 1:49 pm to TigersHuskers
Weird melt.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:00 pm to TigersHuskers
because they built those underground structures and basements everywhere with no thought of ever needing to pump large volumes of water out of them.
it was on a completely different level of property damage and recovery then the gulf coast
it was bad enough to give them the right to call it a hurricane
it was on a completely different level of property damage and recovery then the gulf coast
it was bad enough to give them the right to call it a hurricane
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:03 pm to keakar
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it was on a completely different level of property damage and recovery then the gulf coast
Really? I gutted plenty homes up there and it was oddly similar to the houses I gutted here.
Maybe you know more than us though.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:10 pm to Giantkiller
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Didn't it frick the Jersey Shore all up?
Yes and flooded all the subways ruining every bit of copper in New York city. It did serious damage, hurricane or not.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:19 pm to LSUcajun77
It definitely caused a lot of damage if for no other reason than the sheer amount and density of the population along the Northeast coast. The resentment comes not from the fact the storm may or may not have been a hurricane, but from the fact that many people up there dismiss the yearly Atlantic/Gulf hurricanes as mere avoidable inconveniences for the dumb people who choose to live in the south, but consider the same type of event apocalyptic in nature because it just happened to occur in their region.
The moniker "Superstorm" implies that it was a storm of epic proportions in the history of storms. When, in fact, it was no stronger and, really, relatively weak, compared to so many other hurricanes. Calling it a "superstorm" simply because of the region it affected is dismissive of the people in the south who also are just as effected when a hurricane hits.
The moniker "Superstorm" implies that it was a storm of epic proportions in the history of storms. When, in fact, it was no stronger and, really, relatively weak, compared to so many other hurricanes. Calling it a "superstorm" simply because of the region it affected is dismissive of the people in the south who also are just as effected when a hurricane hits.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:19 pm to TigersHuskers
Never really understood the urge to dick measure natural disasters
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:48 pm to BigDawg0420
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Never really understood the urge to dick measure natural disasters
Never underestimate how strong the little man syndrome is with the folks from Louisiana.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:51 pm to Giantkiller
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Didn't it frick the Jersey Shore all up?
It did millions in improvements.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:52 pm to Tiger in NY
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Didn't it frick the Jersey Shore all up?
Yes and flooded all the subways ruining every bit of copper in New York city. It did serious damage, hurricane or not.
Having handled claims after Katrina and Sandy, they can call it whatever they want.
My house on the Jersey shore had no damage and my town had no inland flooding. The boardwalk in Asbury Park got beat up but nothing as bad as towns to the South.
Our primary residence at the time was in Hoboken and Hoboken flooded, the water came from the Hudson River and then forced oil out of underwater oil tanks that had been abandoned. The smell was horrible, not as horrible as someone opening their freezer after sitting there for two months after Katrina.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:53 pm to Alt26
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The resentment comes not from the fact the storm may or may not have been a hurricane, but from the fact that many people up there dismiss the yearly Atlantic/Gulf hurricanes as mere avoidable inconveniences for the dumb people who choose to live in the south, but consider the same type of event apocalyptic in nature because it just happened to occur in their region.
What? This is not a thing
Now if you want to callout them for making fun of southerners dealing with snow, yeah okay
This post was edited on 7/12/19 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 7/12/19 at 2:57 pm to BigDawg0420
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Never really understood the urge to dick measure natural disasters
Real hurricanes only happen in Louisiana, it's science
Posted on 7/12/19 at 3:02 pm to TigersHuskers
Uh...
From wiki
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Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy)[1][2] was the deadliest and most destructive, as well as the strongest, hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Inflicting nearly $70 billion (2012 USD) in damage, it was the second-costliest hurricane on record in the United States until surpassed by Hurricanes Harvey and Maria in 2017.
From wiki
Posted on 7/12/19 at 3:38 pm to LSUcajun77
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Really? I gutted plenty homes up there and it was oddly similar to the houses I gutted here.
really? you gutted underground structures and basements around here huh?
show us pictures of all those houses in louisiana with basements
Posted on 7/12/19 at 4:43 pm to TigersHuskers
Agreed
Place is a shite hole
Place is a shite hole
Posted on 7/12/19 at 4:50 pm to TigersHuskers
A name and a new category of Superstorm opened floodgates of money that an unnamed extra tropical cyclone could not?
What would a name have done for BR, Hammond, Lafayette, Denham Springs et al in 2016?
Does that have anything to do with it at all?
What would a name have done for BR, Hammond, Lafayette, Denham Springs et al in 2016?
Does that have anything to do with it at all?
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