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UNISYS Infrared USA Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)
In NC this is day six. It is now raining as far west as Wisconsin and Illinois.
Very odd, UNISYS stopped posting the central pressures of Sandy.
I guess it doesn't exist anymore.
29 37.50 -71.50 10/29/15Z 80 943 HURRICANE-1
29A 38.30 -73.10 10/29/18Z 80 940 HURRICANE-1
30 38.80 -74.40 10/29/21Z 80 940 HURRICANE-1
+12 39.80 -76.60 10/30/06Z 65 - HURRICArtNE-1
Sandy is still part of a larger system. It what keeps it going. It still has an ocean component. The President and Governors needed to be commended. They did an incredible job with a very deadly storm. It is amazing. It could have been 1000 times worse without evacuations. I could not believe rail cars were on the NJ Turnpike. That is the velocity of sustained winds. It rocks huge things into submission. There is no way to project from that. The point is this storm is still persistent. Was is even more strange is its inverted shape. It is actually connected to water vapor from the Canada and the Arctic Circle while receiving heat energy from a warmer ocean.
It is a crazy storm.
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October 30, 2012
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UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)
The First Responders have done their job well and saved lives. Those safe should be considered grateful. The First Responders are still at risk and carry significant risk since this storm is not giving anyone a break.
Additionally, a storm is also coming into the west coast.
A hurricane's speed and path (click here) depend on complex ocean and atmospheric interactions, including the presence or absence of other weather patterns. This complexity of the flow makes it very difficult to predict the speed and direction of a hurricane.
In listening to Governor Christy there should be far more people dead. He did a truly remarkable job. He needs to take care of himself as well.
October 30, 2012
1310 gmt
The Weather Channel North Pole Satellite
Hurricane Sandy can be noted on the east one third of the USA. Its origins of water vapor is directly connected to the Arctic Circle border and Greenland. It is also connected with a heat source in the Atlantic. There is a huge votex in the Atlantic and a heat transfer system bring adverse weather to the west coast of North America.
People's lives will be effected by this storm. If they rely on public transit to maintain their ability to work, they will be seeking support elsewhere to see them through. I know what a strange political environment this is in the USA, but, in all honesty for those effected by the loss of transportation to work should be considered a candidate for unemployment and relocation in the work force if employment is lost. This storm can't simply strand them economically.
I am sure President Obama will be putting forth a relief package before Congress to assist the states to return function to their infrastructure. We did with Katrina. Governor Christy saved lives, but, the future of his state and that of New York City will depend on clean up and rebuilding. One thing that can cut down on costs to the coastal areas is the removal of sand from the streets. It can be stored, cleaned and used for beach restoration, too. Just a suggestion.
New York and New Jersey have a lot of reconstruction to do.
The USA is a huge country and it doesn't stop. These events only prove how the tax structure requires improvement to bring all this under control. To think otherwise is purely hideous. There was economic stranding today and it includes the populous state in the union.
AP/ October 30, 2012, 9:07 AM
