Sandy is a Dandy

The arrival of Hurrican Sandy Monday evening brought with it massive amounts of water, flooding much of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.  The huge storm stretched from Maine to the Carolinas, "leaving 7.4 million people accross the east" without electricity.  The death toll in the United States has reached 33, most people dying as a result of fallen trees.  President Obama has declared the event a national disaster with many parts of the country's most bustling city under water.  Lower Manhatten, which includes Wall Street has been shut down for only the second time in the past century.  This catastrophic storm occurred with very low barometric pressure, resulting in large amounts of water being pushed inland from the ocean.  The recovery effort will be interesting to watach unfold, especially one week away from the Presidential Election.  Our thoughts are surely with the families of those who have passed from the storm and we all hope that our east coast can recover, stronger than ever.