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People forget that "superstorm sandy" wasn't even a hurricane, iirc it was a "tropical depression" by the time it got to nyc
by dnautics 5y ago
People forget that "superstorm sandy" wasn't even a hurricane, iirc it was a "tropical depression" by the time it got to nyc
- beerandt 5y agoIf you don't go through it, it must not be that bad. If you do go through it, it was worse than the category/ windspeed/ storm surge numbers convey. "You just had to be there! It was way worse than just a tropical depression!" It was the media experiencing this phenomenon that gave birth to the hyperbolic term "Superstorm Sandy". Anyone who's actually been through a hurricane saw through it right away.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoIIRC what made it a superstorm was that several weather patterns combined and amplified each other. Same thing happened with Ida: there were storms already moving upwards into NYC and Ida just came through and gave it a push.