Hurricane Sandy, which is turned into a Category 1 storm after going over the Bahamas and will barely be a Category 1 when making landfall, has been hyped like it will be New Jersey's Katrina. While she is of massive size, she's still just a Category 1... which just means a lot of rain and more wind than you're used to. But I think the northeast can handle it - they do, after all, get these crazy storms called blizzards on occasion in the winter.
Don't get me wrong - I know these storms can be devastating. But nowadays, more often than not, the media over-hypes whatever the storm is. Has anyone every told these media types the story about the boy who cried wolf?
I get that the warm hurricane winds will be combining with the coldfront coming down from the north to cause this 'perfect storm' that is going to wreak havoc on the northeast... but seriously... hype. Pure over-hype. If treated like and reported for what it's really going to do, you wouldn't have the panicked people you have right now, completely freaking out before the storm has even hit.
*sigh*
At the end of it all, everything will be fine. Maybe a little flooding, some wind damage, some people without power (only because of the ancient infrastructure in place)... but really, just another big rain storm blowing through. Sure, there will be damage left behind... but relatively normal, in terms of any type of storm damage. With that said, though, anyone impacted by this storm, be safe. And that just means don't do anything stupid that will end up on TV.
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