panelists: brent poliquin jack hornor darren balentine richard snyder john postava moderator: bill...

Panelists:Brent Poliquin

Jack HornorDarren BalentineRichard Snyder

John Postava

MODERATOR:BILL KENNEDY

WHAT WAS IT??????SNOWICANE SANDY?

SNOR’EASTERNCANE SANDY?

FRANKENSTORM SANDY?

HURRICANE?

POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY?

METEORLOGICAL EVENT SANDY?

SUPER STORM SANDY?

SETTLED ON:

SUPER STORM SANDY

HURRICANE SANDY

METEORLOGICAL EVENT SANDY (FED GOV’T)

Seaside Heights, NJCasino Pier – Roller Coaster

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ

CASINO PIER

Seaside Heights, NJSeaside Heights made famous on MTV's 'Jersey Shore' is deemed

uninhabitable after Sandy Credit: Getty Images

Bay Head, NJ

Sandy's strength and angle of approach combined to produce a record storm surge of water into New York City. The surge level at Battery Park topped 13.88 feet at 9:24 p.m. Monday, surpassing the 10.02 feet record water level set by Hurricane Donna in 1960.

Interesting Fact #2

More than 12,000 flights were canceled due to the hurricane and the three main airports which serve New York City were shut down

for two days.

Interesting Fact #3

Barometric Pressure – 27.76 inches – a near record for any storm that made landfall North of Cape

Hatteras (*)(**)

(*)NOTE: 1977 Hurricane Gladys holds record of 27.73 in. BUT did not make landfall.

(**)NOTE: 1954 Hurricane Hazel holds record at 27.67 in. BUT made landfall South of Cape Hatteras

Interesting Fact #4

10,000

Number of (frozen) Thanksgiving turkeys saved from a Long Island City, NY warehouse facility

(Donated to Sandy Victims)

Interesting Fact #5

124Total number of years NYSE was closed for 2

consecutive days because of weather(last time was in 1888)

Interesting Fact #6

78,450Number of comfort kits given out by Red Cross in NY and NJ as of the Tuesday night

after Sandy hit

Interesting Fact #7

49

Number of Broadway shows cancelled at estimated loss in ticket sales of $8 Million

Interesting Fact #8Sandy caused the worst damage in the NY subway's 108-year-history. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced limited subway service would resume on Thursday, but significant sections of the largest mass-transit system in the U.S. remain disabled. 

Interesting Fact #9

20,000,000

Approximate number of tweets sent about Sandy between 10/27 and 11/1/2012

Interesting Fact #10Over 4.8 million customers remained without power two days after the storm in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to CNN. The worst affected states were New Jersey with 1,983,694 customers out of power; New York with 1,514,147; Pennsylvania with 526,934; and Connecticut with 352,286