Hurricane Sandy Gears Up
to Slam East Coast
The National Hurricane Center
recommends hurricane prep.
In case of emergency, we will be available to help you immediately with our no-cost 866RECOVER Emergency Planning Program.
According to AccuWeather Inc., once the storm hits land, it will lose its tropical characteristics and have the same effects as a nor'easter, even worse. This could be total devastation - tremendous power outages, flooding, a storm. Some areas may also get several feet of tree-snapping snow.
If this unusual meteorological mix occurs, it would form a storm similar to one in 1991 dubbed the "perfect storm," which resulted in 13 deaths. A movie of the same name dramatized the unsuccessful efforts of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat out of Gloucester, Mass., to ride out the huge waves.
Forecasters expect that most of the East Coast will be affected by the winds, heavy rain, beach erosion, and possibly some heavy snow in the Appalachian mountains. Rivers are expected to flood, with the storm dumping as much as a foot of rain in some areas.
Sandy, the 18th named storm this year, is so far responsible for 22 deaths in the Caribbean. The storm crossed Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
Some computer models show that, once the storm comes ashore, it will travel west, eventually dumping heavy rain on parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and western Maryland.
Do not take a chance.
Please contact us to be prepared!
