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phantom power

(25,966 posts) Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:33 PM Nov 2012

Superstorm Sandy packed more total energy (IKE) than Hurricane Katrina at landfall

There is a metric that quantifies the energy of a storm based on how far out tropical-storm force winds extend from the center, known as Integrated Kinetic Energy or IKE. In modern records, Sandy’s IKE ranks second among all hurricanes at landfall, higher than devastating storms like Hurricane Katrina, Andrew and Hugo, and second only to Hurricane Isabel in 2003.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/sandy-packed-more-total-energy-than-katrina-at-landfall/2012/11/02/baa4e3c4-24f4-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_blog.html

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Superstorm Sandy packed more total energy (IKE) than Hurricane Katrina at landfall (Original Post) phantom power Nov 2012 OP

Much of the Katrina devestation... TDale313 Nov 2012 #1

TDale313

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1. Much of the Katrina devestation...

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:41 PM

Nov 2012

Was actually infrastructure failure. The first night people thought they'd dodged a bullet. And then the levees were breeched.

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