State College, Pa. -- 30 October 2012 -- AccuWeather.com reports some of the most impressive statistics gathered from the terrible storm Sandy.
SANDY DEBUNKED:
Sandy is not the strongest hurricane north of Cape Hatteras.
A near-record low barometric pressure occurred with Sandy offshore Monday afternoon. The pressure bottomed at 27.76 inches. For a storm north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Hurricane Gladys of 1977 holds the record at 27.73 inches. Gladys was a Category 4 hurricane which remained off the coast of the U.S.
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS BY STATE:
Lorain, Ohio: 4.29"
Martinsburg, W.Va.: 4.06"
Jackson, Ky.: 1.64 (includes measurable snowfall)
Patuxent River, Md.: 8.23"
Oceania/Virginia Beach, Va.: 9.57"
Washington, D.C.: 4.68"
Wilmington, Del.: 4.68"
Ft. Ritchie, Pa.: 4.14"
Atlantic City, N.J.: 5.57"
Niagra Falls, N.Y.: 2.4"
East Milton, Mass.: 3.03"
Jaffrey, N.H.: 2.54"
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS BY STATE (>74 mph):
Eatons Neck, N.Y.: 94 mph
Montclair, N.J.: 88 mph
Westerly, R.I.: 86 mph
Madison, Conn.: 85 mph
Cuttyhunk, Mass.: 83 mph
Allentown, Pa.: 81 mph
Highland Beach, Md.: 79 mph
Chester Gap, Va.: 79 mph
HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS BY STATE:
Redhouse, Md.: 26.0"
Bowden, W.Va.: 24.0"
Champion, Pa.: 13.0"
Buladean, N.C.: 8.0"
Wise, Va.: 14.0"
Gatlinburg, Tenn.: 17.0"
Payne Gap, Ky.: 14.0"
Bellefontaine, Ohio: 3.5"
POWER OUTAGES: 7.4 million
By comparison, Hurricane Ike had 7.5 million over his entire path.
TOP WAVES:
39.67 feet (Buoy #41048)
TOP STORM SURGES:
The Battery, NY: ~9 feet above normal
Kings Point, NY: ~12.5 feet above normal
New Haven, CT: ~9 feet above normal
LOWEST PRESSURE (LAND):
945.5 mb (27.92" Hg) at Atlantic City, N.J.
Comments (3)
Add commentThis is a MUST WATCH!
This is a MUST WATCH! It's about 6 minutes long, but WORTH IT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2SJbmhu2I
"which remained off the coast of the U.S."--the key here
I wonder if the new dispatch trimmed some facts off this one?
Hurricanes hitting new jersey and moving inland are exceptionally rare. Most of the storms that head that far north peter out in the ocean. Like Gladys in 77.
This one was different, and why it was different is very important to understand.
Due to a long running high pressure system parked right over greenland, Sandy was blocked from moving out to sea as such storms usually do. Such blocking systems are extremely rare over greenland this time of year too.
What's going on in Greenland these days? What isn't is the issue actually. Lack of ice. Record level lack of ice.
Why is there a lack of ice over Greenland?
Can probably see where this is headed. Any one storm is a bit tricky to tie directly to global warming, but storms like this one clearly can be expected to come along more often and be more intense when they do-- as a result of global warming.
How much will repairing the damage from this storm cost taxpayers? Why are we not paying more attention to global warming again?
As I thought--you gotta fact check the NEW dispatch
The language that was trimmed out by the dispatch--from the same article and source: "However, Sandy had the lowest pressure of any storm that made landfall north of Cape Hatteras. This includes the 1938 New England Hurricane with 27.96 inches. 1954's Hazel, which had lower pressure at 27.67 inches, made landfall south of Cape Hatteras. Incidentally, the average atmosphere pressure is 29.92 inches."
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/sandy-statistics-rain-wind-sn...