Hurricane Sandy and the Chicago area

On the East Coast, well over 15 people million lost power and so far over 40 people killed. People still do not take these storms serious and stay home. This is the worst storm to ever hit the United
Stated. The strength of the storm was not the issue. The size of the storm was over 2,200 miles wide from east to west.

The problem was where it hit. It was no longer considered a hurricane when snow got wrapped in it. It became a hybrid storm. Some area west picked up a few feet of snow while the coast of New York and New Jersey got pounded by storm surge and wind. The storm made landfall during a full moon and high tide. The last storm even close to this reshaped the East Coast, and this storm was worse. They are talking 20+ billion already in damage with that likely to rise as well as the death toll.

Now the impact it had on Chicago was amazing. I was on the lake shore yesterday afternoon in Chicago. The water rise and waves were unlike anything I have ever seen – 20+ foot seas and waves crashing the walls over 50 feet high at times. As seen in the photo, it was extremely dangerous and powerful.

The storm was so massive that before it even made landfall the clouds were overtaking Illinois. The north winds from the west side of the storm was gusting over 60 mph down the lake. When I headed to the south side of the lake in Indiana, there was a lot of beach erosion and dangerous waves. Being pelted with sand and spray, the open winds coming down the lake were so intense I put my
back to the wind and leaned back and never fell. Roads locally were covered in about 6 inches of sand. These roads were a good 100 feet from the water. It was an amazing system that had everything and
affected tens of millions of people from Canada south to Florida west to Arkansas and north to Wisconsin.