God may rest in peace people who have lost their lives in this terrible disaster.

Leaving that behind..What is 10 bilions plus or minus to a 16 trilion debt?

#20 stuck in my head.

Sad Day For Humanity

I was watching this on the news for the past few days, I hope my friend Erica and her family are all ok , she lives in Waldwick New Jersey

Mother Nature will win every single time.

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I think that this one deserves place in your dump... Watching the show from Serbia.

The end is near.

#60 I didn't know the northeast had palm trees..

"Only a force 2 hurricane". Maybe not the "perfect storm" but it hit the wrong place, the largest city in the US and 8th most populace city in the world.

Katrina pales in comparison: "[Katrina] was the costliest natural disaster ... in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. (Wikipedia)."

Costliest? Not any more.

New Orleans metro area: 1,167,000 population.
New York City metro area: 18,900,000 population.

New Orleans population density: 1,675/sq mi.
NYC population density: 27,243/sq mi.

The closing of the NY stock exchange sent shockwaves throughout the financial communities around the world.

Millions without power.

18,100 flights cancelled in the New York area, a major hub, with destinations around the world.

And the list goes on.

Fortunately the loss life is "minuscule" in Sandy compared to Katrina especially when you look at the population difference. That in itself is amazing.

wow

Amazing Pictures but so much sorrow for so many People,.,.,.

Super power

everything is fine but nobody is happy

now the New Yorkers will be hurricane experts too.
sheesh.....

Some of those pictures merely look like Detroit on a normal day.

Serious shit.

good info capt - thx

Hope they modify their codes to handle that flooding better.

sad