Sandy – The Historic Unwelcome Guest
October 31, 2012 Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5433
The last thing we expected, in a year full of the
unexpected, was a late tropical storm, with a friendly moniker like Hurricane
Sandy, making an unwanted appearance on our calendar.
For too many, it was an uninvited guest in our living room.
For others, it came and went, leaving us in the dark, with fewer trees, and in
return, left behind plenty of water – as in water, water everywhere.
You know, in Maryland, once the trees have begun to show-off
their fall season colorful display, the days have started to get shorter, and
the temperature leaves a nip in the air, one begins to think snow, ice, and
winter – but not hurricanes.
We often associate hurricane season with unpleasant weather
events that ruin the best of plans during the summer and fall months of June
through November. Those of us who enjoy visiting the south during the summer
have learned, in some instances the hard way, to keep an eye on the weather.
Nothing can ruin a rare vacation – or even a writing assignment – worse than
coordinating your schedule with the random vagaries of a hurricane.
We usually endure the wrath of hurricanes and tropical
storms during the months of July and September. Once Labor Day comes and goes,
we usually think that we’re in the clear; well, except for “nor’easters,”
storms that resemble ‘winter-hurricanes,’ that form in the southeast and travel
north.
The storm quickly caught the eye of many seasoned hurricane
scientists who dubbed it Frankenstorm… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5433
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