Hurricane Sandy over eastern Jamaica just hours after making landfall on October 24th, 2012.(Credit: CIMMS/UW-Madison/POES AVHRR)Of course, it cannot be forgotten that the storm also made a hurricane landfall on Jamaica and a major hurricane landfall in Cuba, before it devastated the northeastern United States.It will also be remembered in meteorological circles for the National Hurricane Center's paralysis in issuing watches and warnings beyond North Carolina, due to the storm's transition to extratropical status.This pedantry caused much confusion in the wider world, and one could suggest that many at the NHC were desperate to make exceptions, but protocol at the time didn't allow it.We know of course that these rules were changed after Sandy, and the National Weather Service had out all the relevant warnings relating to an extratropical cyclone when it made landfall.NHC cumulative wind history graphic for Sandy.(Credit: NHC/NOAA/NWS)Awareness and CriticismHigh Wind Warnings and Flood Warnings littered the Mid-Atlantic and the northeast, but some still didn't take it as seriously as they would a hurricane watch or warning.Hurricane Sandy's enormous wind-field caused maximum impact when it made landfall in New Jersey, with impacts extending over many adjacent states and beyond to the whole region, with damages reaching around $75 billion - the second highest ever total at the time behind Hurricane Katrina.Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, mute one-man show Nathan Foy was scheduled to have a Monday-Friday vacation in the south of England during the storm.Early updates were created easily and efficiently, even though by today's standards they are pretty poor." /> Hurricane Sandy over eastern Jamaica just hours after making landfall on October 24th, 2012.(Credit: CIMMS/UW-Madison/POES AVHRR)Of course, it cannot be forgotten that the storm also made a hurricane landfall on Jamaica and a major hurricane landfall in Cuba, before it devastated the northeastern United States.It will also be remembered in meteorological circles for the National Hurricane Center's paralysis in issuing watches and warnings beyond North Carolina, due to the storm's transition to extratropical status.This pedantry caused much confusion in the wider world, and one could suggest that many at the NHC were desperate to make exceptions, but protocol at the time didn't allow it.We know of course that these rules were changed after Sandy, and the National Weather Service had out all the relevant warnings relating to an extratropical cyclone when it made landfall.NHC cumulative wind history graphic for Sandy.(Credit: NHC/NOAA/NWS)Awareness and CriticismHigh Wind Warnings and Flood Warnings littered the Mid-Atlantic and the northeast, but some still didn't take it as seriously as they would a hurricane watch or warning.Hurricane Sandy's enormous wind-field caused maximum impact when it made landfall in New Jersey, with impacts extending over many adjacent states and beyond to the whole region, with damages reaching around $75 billion - the second highest ever total at the time behind Hurricane Katrina.Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, mute one-man show Nathan Foy was scheduled to have a Monday-Friday vacation in the south of England during the storm.Early updates were created easily and efficiently, even though by today's standards they are pretty poor." />

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