Sandy is no longer a hurricane

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-hurricane-sandy-20121028,0,4640311.story

Superstorm Sandy loses hurricane status as eye nears landfall
Tribune wire reports

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Forecasters say Sandy is no longer a hurricane but is still a dangerous system taking dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware.

The National Hurricane Center said Monday evening that Sandy is a post-tropical storm and losing strength but still has sustained winds at 85 mph. The eye has almost made landfall.

The center says storm surge has reached heights of 12.4 feet at Kings Point, N.Y.

Already, the storm knocked out electricity to more than 1.5 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more. It clobbered the boarded-up big cities of the Northeast corridor, from Washington and Baltimore to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, with stinging rain and gusts of more than 85 mph.

[bluerum]

1. Jaysuz. Hurry up and make landfall b###h.

[justiceischeap]

2. She's still blowing here in MD.

She's noisier now than she has been all day.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Same here

My lights have bee flickering, but as you can see, I still have power. And so does this storm, and it hasn't even met up with the cold air coming in from the northwest yet.

[HopeHoops]

4. Tell that to my trees. We've got at least 50 mph winds here with rain coming in sideways.

Yeah, it's still a fucking hurricane.

[Bake]

6. 50 mph? Pffft! That's just a breeze!

Ask anybody on the Gulf Coast.

Stay safe, my friend.



Bake

[HopeHoops]

8. Oh bullshit. 50mph is fast wind WHEREVER you are.

[Bake]

9. We used to call that kite weather in Mississippi ...

Bake

[HopeHoops]

10. Hell, you can fly a kite in 10 mph winds. Some kites in less.

[marmar]

5. Which in this case doesn't mean much because she's hooked up with the other storm.

nt

[MzShellG]

7. She was a nor'easter with approx 85mph winds at landfall.nt