Sandy, October 2012
By Richard Sparago on October 30, 2012, 7:49pm Last modified: October 31, 2012, 2:07pm
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Sometimes a picture can truly say 1,000 words. I took this photo around high tide today at Anchor Beach in Milford. The Sound was crashing ashore with a vengence, and many roads were literally under water.
Now the cleanup begins. Milford has about 12,000 residents without power (there are 600,000 CT residents in the dark as of this writing), and their restoration is job number one. After that, there are homes to be repaired, trees to be removed from roads, and kids to get back in school.
Wind gusts in Milford were estimated at around 76 mph on Monday night, and we see the destruction the winds caused. Here's a piece of historical perspective. Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in August of 1992 as a category 5 hurricane. Winds were clocked at 155 mph. Interestingly, Andrew was a very tightly-wrapped storm, with winds of "only" 35 mph 90 miles from the center. Contrast that to Sandy, whose tropical-storm-force wind shield extended out hundreds of miles from the center of circulation.
Tonight Governor Malloy said the storm was "bad, very bad. But it could have been worse." Though this does not do anything to make those who suffered, or continue to suffer from Sandy feel any better, perhaps the Governor was right. After listening to the howling winds last night and wondering if my screens and windows would end up in a neighboring town, I can't even imagine how terrifying 155 mph winds would be.
I can only hope that those of us in CT never find out.
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