National Public Radio: Here are a few reasons government forecasters at the National Hurricane Center and emergency management officials are so concerned about Sandy: 1. Sandy is one of the largest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. Sandy's winds cover an area of more than 1,000 miles in diameter. That's enormous by hurricane standards. So instead of affecting an area a couple of hundred miles across, Sandy will cut a huge swath. That means many millions of people are probably going to be exposed to high winds, heavy...
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/29/163867031/the-science-of-why-sandy-is-such-a-dangerous-storm?ft=1&f=1025
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