GrindOutWins

Just now, CoastalWx said:

Well it was forecasted well to be honest. 

I do agree, actually. Rainfall totals, rates, potential for tornadoes, etc - it was all there. But come on: This was basically a 10/10 fruition event. Or was it? People are starting to wonder if storms like this are going to rapidly become the norm. 

I watched this all unfold live on TV/Internet. How hard is what happened being studied by the highest levels of meteorology right now? How could an outlier event like this occur so quickly? 

There was an abundance of rain/wind by midnight EST but then...boom. This phenomena just exploded over the course of hundreds and hundreds of miles. I'm not sure which would be more damaging long term: An event such as what just occurred, or a snowfall event that continued to train rates like that over such a widespread area. 

I mean, come on: This event just told Sandy, and basically every other Northeast storm ever to hold it's beer. 

I was asking about a top 5 US earlier. Is this #2/3 in modern US history? Behind Andrew/Katrina? 

Doesn't this look like perhaps a top 5 US hit, period and not just a top 5 gulf coast hit?