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Transcript of SANDY FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HISTORIC “SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS Part 2
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SANDYFROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HISTORIC “SUPER
STORM” IN EIGHT DAYSPart 2
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
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AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29, SANDYBECAME THE MOST DEVASTATING CAT
1 HURRICANE TO HIT THE EASTERN USA IN RECORDED HISTORY
(PRESSURE– 940 Mb)
October 29– November ?, 2012
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CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH
Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-
century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming
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FORTY DEATHS ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD
(as of Oct. 30)
Preliminary Loss Estimate:
$50 Billion
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SANDY CAUSES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO BE PLACED ON HOLD
Election to take place on November 6th
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FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A
SUPER STORM
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AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22
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SANDY MADE LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY: 8:00 PM, OCT. 29
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SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012
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OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW YORK
THE SUDDENNESS AND THE RECORD HEIGHT OF THE STORM SURGE
CAUSED HAVOC
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STORM SURGE SET NEW RECORD WITHOUT BENEFIT OF FULL-MOON HIGH TIDE
13 ft (4 1/3 m); a new record
Sustained winds of 133 kph (80 mph).
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ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW YORK ON NORTH SIDE OF EYE AT LANDFALL
• Exacerbated flooding in Atlantic City, NJ destroys Boardwalk
• Hundreds of thousands in NJ without power
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LANDFALL (Continued)
• Con. Edison shut off power for 250,000 in lower Manhattan.
• Record flooding quickly inundated tip of Manhattan.
• All of New York City flooded.• Brooklyn Battery tunnel flooded.
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FLOODING IN BROOKLYN
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NY HOSPITALS IMPACTED
FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION
LIMIT SERVICES
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NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK DOWN
ROADS CLOSED
TUNNELS CLOSED
SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED
WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY
STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED
SCHOOLS CLOSED
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WATER AND FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
QUEENS, NY
Fire fighters unable to cope with flooding and fire as 80
houses burn to ground
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OCT. 29: FLOODED STREETS IN QUEENS
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OCT. 29: FIRE IN QUEENS
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OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW JERSEY
NO PART OF NEW JERSEY WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE TH EXCEPTIONAL
AND UNTHINKABLE FLOODING FROM SANDY’S STORM SURGE
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NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER
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NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING
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NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING
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OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: MASSACHUSSETS
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HUGE WAVES HIT SEA WALL: SCIUATE, MASS
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OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: DELAWARE
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REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: OCT. 29