Likewise I'm reading New Jersey is in ruins, without explanation for why. They couldn't have gotten that dramatically worse winds than we did, 80mph is pretty damn significant. So is it just a case of morons living on an ocean and then crying foul when the ocean comes a calling? We got brutalized with the "derecho" storm. We got far more rain than other locales with Sandy.
I'll claim ignorance if found to be wrong but I think Jersey got it bad for 2 reasons. It's closer to the Ocean than us (surge) and a large damaged part of the state sat on the north side of the hurricane. As the hurricane rotates in a counter clockwise direction, the strongest forces are on the northern side of the rotation. Mindfact?
