said by AVonGauss:said by rblizz: This "storm" actually caused more damage than Katrina.
Where on Earth did you get that idea?
To add to that, per CNBC
article, the cost of Sandy is estimated between $30 billion to $50 billion. Katrina's financial impact was $146 billion.
I understand that damage and financial damage can be drastically different, but given that Katrina hit areas with lower population density, the damage caused by Katrina was probably an order of magnitude more.
Please note that I am not trying to minimize or down play the impact of Sandy. If anything, it saddens me that we have declared 2-3 days of loss of connectivity a
disaster.However, as Andy wrote to Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. I hope that folks directly affected by the storm recover soon. I hope that CC moves forward with wisdom and strength. I hope that both people who leave CC and those who stay are content with their respective choices.
And above all, I hope that this thread would come to an end.
Cheers,
-m