Hurricane Sandy is the worst storm that I can remember. We had high winds, but thankfully little rain. The lack of rain was a 2 fold blessing: 1. F=MA Pure physics. If the mass that the 70mph to 90mph wind gusts was carrying was higher then the force behind those winds would have been even greater. 2. If the ground was saturated for days before, like it was with Hurricane Irene, then the trees, sign posts, telephone poles, etc have weaker anchor points in the ground and become more susceptible to the blowing wind. I had thought that the damage Hurricane Irene wrought last year would have weaned the weak trees down through attrition... leaving only the strongest trees standing (Yeah, go Darwin! Woop). I was wrong...
5 out the 6 above pictures were taken on my winding way to work! I say winding because many roads were closed and we were forced to weave through a bunch of side streets. I can only imagine what the rest of the surrounding area looks like at the moment.
My friend John's house. Ouch! Notice the white car is damaged the worst. A racist storm? Hmm. You tell me, friends.
A building a few blocks from my office. One of our buildings lost about 1/3 of it's roof (15,000 sq ft!), but the pictures aren't as dramatic.
