I thought I had seen once in a lifetime hurricane up the mid-atlantic coast in the form of Irene in 2011, but apparently I have a new lifetime now with Sandy looking to come ashore in 2012. Omnious looking 950mb low pressure coming to areas where the lowest recorded ones have been around 960mb. Heavy rain, flooding, wind gusts, loss of power and water, even snow with this one turning into a nor'easter across such a huge swath of the most densely populated region in north America (there is still some hope as a few minority models do show this turning out into the Atlantic, but hope is so thin now). Hoping to be as fortunate as last time. Wondering if a few billions worth of investment can show ways to tame these natural disasters that so regularly produce losses that high.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/28/hurricanes.gates.gray/