A potential 1 in 100 years storm is about to hit New York by Tuesday morning. President Obama has declared a state of emergency in New York.
The 130 km/hr hurricane is going to travel through a heavily populated corridor affecting about 50 million people. All train, bus and subway services in New York have been shut down since Sunday night. 7,200 flights have been cancelled so far. New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market will be closed on Monday and Tuesday. This is the first time since 1888 the exchange is closed for two consecutive days because of weather. The financial district of New York is part of a mandatory evacuation zone.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has categorized the destructive potential of Sandy to be 5.8 on a scale of 0 to 6. The force of the hurricane is expected to extend up to 300 km from the storm's center. More than 300mm of rainfall is expected and sea level is expected to rise by 3 meters with waves of up to 4 meters. A flood event exceeding 1 in 100 years is highly possible. Anticipated storm damages to the US economy may exceed $100 billions.
Natural disasters of great magnitude always bring my thought to the Mayan 2012 Prophecy and the 2012 Galactic Alignment. (click for further reading)
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