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10/29/12

Sandy was born as Tropical Depression 18 over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on Monday, 22 October and started north. By Wednesday afternoon, she'd achieved hurricane strength, headed for Jamaica and Eastern Cuba. Thursday morning, the 25th, cleared from Cuba, she'd reached Category 2. Later that day, models suggested she'd hit the American Coast early the following week. Preparations began for Sandy's eventual landfall in Southern New Jersey on Monday the 29th. Sandy smashed numerous communities on the Jersey Shore and devastated Staten Island. Power was off in lower Manhattan and the transit system was shut down for days. Sandy was felt all the way to the Great Lakes.

RADAR IMAGES 2012-10-29 1639 EDT Dover, DE 2012-10-29 1101 EDT Mt. Holly, NJ 2012-10-29 1059 EDT Dover, DE 2012-10-29 0714 EDT Dover, DE 2012-10-29 2300 EDT Post-Tropical Cyclone 75 mph NW at 18 mph 2012-10-29 1700 EDT Hurricane 90 mph WNW at 28 mph 2012-10-29 1400 EDT Hurricane 90 mph NW at 28 mph 2012-10-29 1100 EDT Hurricane 90 mph NNW at 18 mph 2012-10-29 0800 EDT Hurricane 85 mph NNW at 20 mph 2012-10-29 0500 EDT Hurricane 85 mph N at 15 mph 2012-10-28 1700 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NE at 15 mph 2012-10-28 1100 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NE at 14 mph 2012-10-28 0500 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NE at 13 mph 2012-10-27 2000 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NE at 13 mph 2012-10-27 1700 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NE at 13 mph 2012-10-27 1100 EDT Hurricane 75 mph NNE at 9 mph 2012-10-27 0500 EDT Tropical Storm 70 mph NNE at 10 mph 2012-10-26 1700 EDT Hurricane 75 mph N at 7 mph 2012-10-26 1100 EDT Hurricane 80 mph N at 6 mph 2012-10-26 0500 EDT Hurricane 80 mph NW at 13 mph 2012-10-25 1700 EDT Category 2 105 mph N at 20 mph 2012-10-25 1100 EDT Category 2 105 mph N at 16 mph 2012-10-25 0500 EDT Category 2 100 mph N at 18 mph 2012-10-24 1700 EDT Hurricane 80 mph N at 14 mph 2012-10-24 1400 EDT Hurricane 80 mph N at 14 mph 2012-10-24 0500 EDT Tropical Storm 70 mph N at 14 mph 2012-10-23 1700 EDT Tropical Storm 50 mph NNE at 6 mph 2012-10-23 1100 EDT Tropical Storm 50 mph NNE at 5 mph 2012-10-23 0500 EDT Tropical Storm 45 mph N at 3 mph 2012-10-22 1700 EDT Tropical Storm 30 mph Stationary 2012-10-22 1400 EDT Tropical Depression 30 mph Stationary