Quote Originally Posted by RoadToad View Post
Hogwash. Hurricane Isaac was "only" a category 1 hurricane, and look what it did to New Orleans and the surrounding area. Some places got more water from that storm than they did from Katrina. And it got quite extensive media coverage. But this storm may well be the most catastrophic weather event to strike the east coast in any of our lifetimes. It's HUGE - twice the size of Texas. It's the most powerful storm ever to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras. Over 750,000 people are already without power because of it, and it hasn't even made landfall yet. Once it does, and merges with the cold front that recently passed us, there's no telling what kind of snowstorms and power outages there might be. The National Grid is saying those power outages could end up affecting 60 million people. That's 20% of the population.

I agree. This is less about the category and more about the massive size, the slow speed and the moisture. This thing is 1000 miles wide! It is supposed to just sit and dump a ton of water on the coastal cities. There is likely going to be a lot of damage and some dangerous flooding.