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Hurricane Sandy is now rated as the most energetic hurricane of all time. This is due to its large wind field of tropical storm wind speed out to 1000 miles diameter.
Hurricane energy is rated by Integrated Kinetic Energy. Other hurricanes may have higher speed winds but since they are of a smaller diameter their energy and therefore their destructive effects are concentrated in a smaller area.
Sandy had a higher IKE than hurricanes Katrina, Andrew, Hugo, and Ike. Sandy had an IKE of 222 terajoules (222 trillion joules). For comparisons sake, a tennis ball traveling at 14 mph has an energy of 1 joule. Sandy's energy was equivalent to 4.5 Hiroshima size atomic bombs.
Back to gas issues, disasters like this are a reason I keep the motorhome and classic cars topped off with gas w/stabil. We might need to siphon it off in a disaster.
Hurricane energy is rated by Integrated Kinetic Energy. Other hurricanes may have higher speed winds but since they are of a smaller diameter their energy and therefore their destructive effects are concentrated in a smaller area.
Sandy had a higher IKE than hurricanes Katrina, Andrew, Hugo, and Ike. Sandy had an IKE of 222 terajoules (222 trillion joules). For comparisons sake, a tennis ball traveling at 14 mph has an energy of 1 joule. Sandy's energy was equivalent to 4.5 Hiroshima size atomic bombs.
Back to gas issues, disasters like this are a reason I keep the motorhome and classic cars topped off with gas w/stabil. We might need to siphon it off in a disaster.
