FYI: I know it's the net and all, but one of my FB friends has family/friends in Breezy Point and Long Island. The looters are posing as FEMA workers.
Omg I absolutely can't believe the call I just received. I just now found out that one street over from me flooded in the early morning hours, that the whole area in my neighborhood that lies along the river was flooded. We didn't have mandatory evacuations here, were told we'd get a call or door to door contact if we had to evacuate & would be given a couple hours notice - nothing. Omg.
Going down the street now to see the damage. Jesus.
You are right gitana, the faster the wind speed the more damage. One could only imagine how much more damage would have occurred with a Cat 5 storm coming in at this location. The water from the sea and harbor would have been pushed further inland and we might have seen 3x more damage than we see with Sandy today.
There is allot of damage with Sandy but the majority of it is caused by storm surge sea water. We see more deaths because more people are building homes closer to the oceans and waterways. The closer one lives to a waterway the more one should expect to receive damage from a hurricane.
Sandy also came ashore during high tide and the full moon made the tide even higher. A number of people on the islands and evacuation zones thought they could beat mother nature. I do understand it somewhat because I've always been safe enough to hunker down at my locations but depending on where people live, they should not take chances.
We learn from history or do we?
Here is an FAQ from the national Hurricane Center about Hurricanes and weather descriptions,
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
You will always have those who refuse to leave for one reason or the other. :banghead: For the most part, it was personal choice and not a lack of resources this time. It seems there were plans in place to move the homeless and those who were immobile.
"We" learned a lot from Katrina...not only from the storm itself, but the lack of coordination of the officials in handling it from beginning to end. New Orleans and the surrounding areas in LA and MS saw so much ferocious damage from it being a catagory 3, but the size of Sandy and how slow she moved, dumping tremendous amount of rain along with strong winds over almost half of the country...in many populated areas... make this just as horrific, yet much better managed for the most part. The storm surge just effected the coastal regions, but the storm after landfall was much worse than Katrina. IMO
Several factors do come into play and yes size and population are two of them. Most of the collateral damage is to be expected, especially in areas not affected recently by hurricanes. Trees down and power outages are to be expected. Construction is another factor, older structures. Not built to hurricane construction standards all play a role. My point relating to the discussion was had Sandy been a Cat 3 storm, we would have seen more damage.
I hope there's a special place in He** for such heartless "unusual people". In the meantime I hope they run into real cops and do some real time.FYI: I know it's the net and all, but one of my FB friends has family/friends in Breezy Point and Long Island. The looters are posing as FEMA workers.
Agree, could you imagine an Andrew with the same path as Sandy? I found this while searching for research on October hurricanes. Suspect most of them are not up in category especially in the NE or Mid Atlantic because of the cooler temps, but found this article interesting. Has pics of Sandy also.
I think there will be anomalies in our weather from the past and into the future. I'm not quick to jump on the global warming bandwagon because we had a hurricane strike in the N.E. I think all hurricanes and tropical systems have their own data points and are extremely erratic due to low and high pressure systems, jet streams, el nino ect. I suppose I support the theory that hurricanes are basically unpredictable in nature.Climate Change And Hurricane Sandy: How Global Warming Might Have Made The Superstorm Worse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/climate-change-hurricane-sandy-global-warming_n_2050516.html
October Hurricanes that made landfall:
http://www.stormpulse.com/storm-archive/us-landfalling-hurricanes/oct
I hope the same good things are going on tht happened here. Churches were supplying good dinner every day. I drove up and got them for all my neighbors. FEMA will come if you file a report. i must have done it by phone because our power was out. Fema was giving people who apts got trashed 10 grand to cover their expenses. I thought that a little high, but thats what they did.
I'm resuming my search for a place to stay in or near West Babylon NY, anyplace at all with power that can fit 3 beds -- either temporary, short-term, or long-term. I applied for FEMA housing assistance but can't wait to hear back from them before finding someplace to go. Anyone with any leads, or any info at all on temporary housing on Long Island, please message me. We need help and we need it in the next 2 weeks! Any help appreciated.