Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming. Presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE
LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH
Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City,
New Jersey, merging with a winter storm
system to become a unique, once-in-a-
century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s
natural cycles, NOT global warming

2. TROPICAL STORM SANDY:
OCTOBER 22

3. SANDY MADE LANDFALL IN NEW
JERSEY: 8:00 PM, OCT. 29

4. SANDY CAUSES 2012
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
TO BE PLACED ON HOLD
Election to take place on
November 6th

5. STORM SURGE SET NEW
RECORD WITHOUT BENEFIT
OF FULL-MOON HIGH TIDE
2/3 meter (2 ft) above old record
Sustained winds of 133 kph
(80 mph).

6. ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW YORK ON
NORTH SIDE OF EYE AT LANDFALL
• Exacerbated flooding in
Atlantic City, NJ destroys
Boardwalk
• Hundreds of thousands in NJ
without power

7. LANDFALL (Continued)
• Con. Edison shut off power for
250,000 in lower Manhattan.
• Record flooding quickly
inundated tip of Manhattan.
• All of New York City flooded.
• Brooklyn Battery tunnel
flooded.

8. NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK
DOWN
ROADS CLOSED
TUNNELS CLOSED
SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED
WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE
ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY
STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED
SCHOOLS CLOSED