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Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone, it has dropped below Tropical Storm status before it crossed into New Jersey.
Harvey, making landfall right now, is a CAT 4, which is stronger than Katrina, which was a CAT 3.
Comparisons are being made to IKE, which hit Houston in 2008. While IKE was a CAT 2 from winds, it was the 3rd largest on record at the time. The NWS was considering changing the "CAT" system to an energy model because of IKE.
I was in Houston for Alicia in 1983, which spring up out of the Gulf, with virtually no warning. It was a CAT 3.
Harvey is bad for Houston, since we are on the North-East side of the storm, which is where the wind and water are the worst.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
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