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Get Ready: Forecasters Predict ‘Frankenstorm’ Hurricane Set to Hit U.S. Will Be Worse Than the 1991 ‘Perfect Storm’

Oct. 25, 2012 3:03pm Liz Klimas

East Coasters be warned: something scary is heading your way just in time for Halloween — and it’s not a mob of ghoulishly dressed youngsters ready to drain your candy stocks in less than an hour. In fact, if meteorologists’ predictions are correct, you might not have many trick-or-treaters on October 31st at all.

An nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling “Frankenstorm” is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey. The Washington Post Capital Weather Gang reported that a full moon Monday will also lead to higher tides that could strengthen the storm surge as well.

Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Mix With East Coast Winter Storm For Severe Weather Conditions Through Next Week

This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 shows Category 2 Hurricane Sandy moving northward across eastern Cuba with sustained wind speeds of 110 mph. (Photo: AP/Weather Underground)

Forecasters are now saying there is a 90 percent chance beginning Sunday through Halloween day that the coast could see gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and potentially snow.

It has even been compared to the so-called “Perfect Storm” that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, although National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco told the Associated Press the area impacted was less populous and is not truly comparable to what the East Coast could see into next week.

“The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I’m thinking a billion,” said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private service Weather Underground. “Yeah, it will be worse.”

A large lobster boat and tangled lobster traps are seen wrecked along the shore in Rockport, Mass., Nov. 2, 1991, victims of the high winds and seas that struck the New England coast. (Photo: AP/Jon Chase)

Watch James Franklin from the National Hurricane Center issue the current conditions and forecast:

In the report Franklin said regardless of the track the hurricane takes, it is expected to be a “very large storm” covering a large area.

“It’s just going to be a big mess for an awful lot of people in the early part of next week,” Franklin said.

One of the factors that will add to the damage is that the storm is expected to hang around. Although it will peak Tuesday, it is not predicted to start leaving the coast until after Halloween, according to Cisco.

The AP stated that meteorologists believe this storm will go down in history.

“We don’t have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting,” Cisco said.

Although the coast will get the brunt of the storm, it could reach as far inland as Ohio.

Cubans clear of debris their house, partially demolished by Hurricane Sandy, on October 25. (Photo: Ariel SOLER COSTAFREDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Currently in the Caribbean, the category 2 hurricane has killed a person in Haiti and Jamaica, according to the Washington Post.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:57pm
Only the Apocolypse will keep me from voting. Then, it won’t matter and I won’t be here.

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:46pm
  It couldn’t happen to a better place. All those East Coast liberals.
  
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- SR1911man
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:01pm
  @SILLYFRESHNESS,
  Hey! I’m an east coast conservative! What about us?!?!
  
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- Hiswill
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:13pm
  SR1911man:We’ll be praying for you. Don’t forget to vote for Romney, don’t let a little storm keep you from the voting booth. We need every last Romney vote we can muster.
  
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- massminority
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:36pm
  another east coast conservative here. i will swim 2 miles in shark, iceberg, and wreckage filled sewer waters to get to the voting booth.
  
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- jhaydeng
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:16pm
  New York Conservative here! I know! So many jokes so little time!
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 9:26pm
  Sorry East Coast conservatives. I hope the best for you guys. I would recommend moving though. I’m not sure how you can stand living around all those high and mighty and arrogant liberals. If you can handle living around them, you can handle anything! Best of luck!
  
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- inblack
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:40pm
  I don’t believe the hype on this storm for a minute.
  
  You can quote me later.
  
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- The_Pointy_End
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 10:42pm
  Vote early. I have already voted.
  
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- AmerNDN10
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:29pm
  @sillyfresh That’s not right. I live at the Jersey Shore and there are alot of Romney/Ryan signs here. Oh and that nasty rat face Menendez will be in the Unemployment line soon too…if we have anything to do with it. This red and blue crap is…crap and i like to punch the idiot that came up with that . NJ is blue in name only. Christie , tho a progressive IMO, is a Red and in full stump for Romney.
  As for this Frankenfurterstorm. It was being called a Sno`reastercane earlier today b/c it might bring snow to the mountains. All I know is that the kids are getting upset and whiney b/c it will hit us by Halloween. Hoping it will pass along by Wed. in 91 we had hurricane Bob in Aug. I don’t remember the Nov storm, I guess it hit Mass and north more than us.
  
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- nowonuno
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 1:52am
  Well said SQUIDVETOHIO. Like the hype before the RNC Convention. Even the weather hacks are in one the game.
  
  I see a few scenarios: (1) Republican turnout suppression, (2) influencing Democrat early voting, (3) a path to legal challenges for the disenfranchised that have to walk 10 miles, in a storm, uphill, both ways (paraphrasing Bill Cosby) or (4) most likely an excuse for an Obama loss. A big Obama loss cannot look like a loss for the liberal ideology. Look for the narrative.
  
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- Xyskalla
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:33am
  Yeah, but it might stop people from voting a couple dozen times.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:05am
  Jus t annother ginned-up Progressive-crisis to whip-up falts fears!! A few years ago There was supposed to be a CRISSIS OF OVER A THOUSAND HURRICANS AND TRORNADOES for the east and Florida coastal states!! JUST LIKE CATRINA!!!!!!! HURRY-UP CHRSIS!! CRISIS!! YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE!! NOT!!
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 4:14pm
  look up the new england hurricane on 1938… this hurricane looks to be following the same path… very dangerous
  
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- The Jewish Avenger
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:59am
  Silly, you have to remember, without public transportation, you’ll lose about 85% of the liberal vote (“You want me to do what just to vote!???”), pray for the hardened east coast conservatives!
  
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pap pap
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:53pm
It’s Bush’s fault.

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- EJ1979
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:55pm
  50 years from now when Im in my 80′s, Ill still be blaming things on Bush, just for the hell of it.
  
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M24
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:52pm
For Those That Don’t Have Hurricanes all The time if Law Enforcement says to evac You Better Listen ,These Storms Don;t play

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lefty5005
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:51pm
Even the meteorologists are getting into the sensationalist game. What happened to the news, the weather. We got some meteorologist trying to make a name for himself by making stupid predictions. These guys can’t even get the next day right and half are for global warming and the other half say global warming doesn’t exist. Go figure.

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- meister41
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:33pm
  You are correct. Just look at the”Spaggetti Charts” This way and that way and over that way and this way and one that goes that way and two to the left and five to the right and so on……..1 of them just might be correct!!!!!!!!!!
  
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:50pm
Don’t get out to vote.
Let’s focus on serving in our communities and helping out these victims of an east coast storm all the way to California.
Again, don’t get out to vote.
Obama will take care of you.
Trust him. .. . .

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coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:47pm
Buh’rack said to God..uhhh..erruh..you didn’t build this…uhhh..nope…

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Kolchack
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:47pm
What are the odds there will be cries to delay the election until after the clean up????

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Jenasus
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:39pm
If only Frankenstorm would set it’s eye on Obama and take him out to sea with Osoma where he belongs.

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- lcovar
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:44pm
  Yesssssss!
  
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- Patriot of My America
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:25pm
  Rip currents can be very serious indeed. And hurricane surge waves tend to remove all the loose fecal matter. And then Val la fish food.. Perfect.. !
  
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momrules
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:36pm
This looks to be very bad. Everybody in the path of this please take precautions, leave early if you are going to.
God be with you all.

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- floridareader
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:03pm
  From South Florida to the Northeast: be safe.
  Down here we are just having gusty winds and heavy rain. Maybe some palm trees will fall, and beach-goers will not have fun for a couple of days.
  But all of you in the Northeast coast vote early, expect the best and prepare for the worst.
  God protect you all.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:33pm
  Hi Floridareader,
  
  Yeah, but all the liberal surfer dudes will head for the waves and not the voting stations. : )
  
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- floridareader
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:16pm
  Hi Monk
  That is a good prediction: high tides for Democrats and smooth election process for Conservatives with no presence of voter intimidation. Take care.
  
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Captain Morgan
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:32pm
Hmmm, hitting the liberal northeast days from the national election, seems like Devine providence at work to me.

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- S_Malc13
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:45pm
  You used Beck’s “Divine (with an ‘i’) Providence mantra to harm human beings? You sure it was meant to be used that way?
  
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- yippeya
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:47pm
  Hate to break it to you, we’re not all liberals up here. Lots of God fearing, gun loving conservatives. Just not enough of us. It can be quite lonely. A target rich environment though.
  
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- mom4times
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:58pm
  that goes for me too…..but i’m looking forward to the storm…..been very boring in the weather dept lately…..and i’m sure that this might be what obozo needs to declare his marshal law and become king like he wanted to……glad i’m stocked up……on EVERYTHING (( ; P )) to washington !
  
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- mom4times
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:00pm
  “that goes for me too”…….i’m not a ny democrap
  
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4xeverything
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:27pm
I live in Cincy and when Ike came through a huge portion of the Greater Cincinnati area was without power for up to 11 days. Luckily that was in September when it was still warm. Next week is supposed to be in the 40s to 50s. That is going to be one he11 of a storm for a lot of people.

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smokeyridgerunner
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:25pm
God does not like Queer loving states and may be this time he will destroy your state all together.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:23pm
  Settle down Smokey.
  
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- PatriotDadOfSix
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:13pm
  **** Off Smokey. I’m in Pennsylvania, 18 gun toting conservatives in this family locally, we can do without your a$$hatted wisdom.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:17am
  Huh…seems like the worst weather is always aimed right in the middle of the bible belt. Maybe god is angry at your bigotry and hate?
  
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marcus_arealius
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:22pm
Even if fire came down from the sky and the streets were 40ft under water, get out and vote the obummer out.. get a boat.

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- iampraying4u
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Add your comments
  
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- yippeya
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:48pm
  We will.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:18pm
I’m in Ohio and I am already feeling it in my formerly broken bones.

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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:55pm
  Yea but man, we have had some awesome weather the last few days. Now we gonna pay for it!
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:21pm
  I lived up there a few months ago. What is your sense of the electorate up there? I’m in Central Florida, and Romney signs out # Obama 8 to 1.
  
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- shesfromohio
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 1:36am
  Can’t believe it was almost 80 today and calling for snowflakes in a couple of day! Hope all (even our liberal brethren) stay safe that are in the path of the storm.
  
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cemerius
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:15pm
Ahhhhh the wraith of nature is going to disenfranchise millions? I suppose MSNBC can resureect some stories about GW’s use of a “weather generator” just like he did for New Orleans? I suppose “frankenstorm” will be Chrissy Matthews NEXT use of a racist moniker?

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coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:15pm
Buh’rack will come to the rescue, and turn back the tides, lower the Ocean, and look over the cemeteries for new votes…

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:15pm
Anyone else see Obama of ‘never waste a good emergency moment’ using this to delay or even suspend the elections?

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- Kolchack
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:47pm
  My thoughts exactly!
  
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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:48pm
  I see it too.
  Quite the frenzied media distraction.
  Indeed, the perfect storm.
  It happened in Tampa and it looks to happen again at such a critical time in American AND world history.
  Obama will steal this election.
  
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- Hiswill
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:17pm
  Obama will say Bush sent the bad weather to keep the Democrats from voting.
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:14pm
Well at least they’ll have big pops to drink while they wait it out and guns to protect themselves from looters. Or maybe not.

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- Fubared
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 7:14am
  No way. We sit around waiting for the bots to show us the way and shed light on our un-preparedness. Save us Roth. Eeeeeeeeee.
  
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762x51
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:12pm
How awful! New York, New Jersey and Washington could be destroyed! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Wait, what was the downside to this again?

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- sta
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:23pm
  There is no enthusiasm for the Dems this year. Republicans and like minded independence will walk through glass to vote. A storm like this could keep Dems from voting but not the Romney voters.
  
  Hand of God? Hmmmm, Maybe.
  
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- NobleDar
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:53pm
  The Hand of Providence? I pray for a storm with as much snow will arrive all the way west, to North Dakota. We love to play in the snow in the winter and will get out and vote!.
  
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doomytram
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:11pm
George Clooney was in The Perfect Storm and is an Obozo supporter. HARP controls the weather and Obozo controls HARP. Obozo is the disaster of disasters that Frankenstorm is predicted to be. Obozo might want to use Frankenstorm for a political gain. The Obozo dynasty is and was a disaster, and Frankenstorm might be a late October surprise for Obozo.?

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- Cavallo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:21pm
  The voters of those areas would be disenfranchised. Therefore we must postpone the election to 2016 so we can do clean up, with Obama staying in office under a emergency declaration until then.
  
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SREGN
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:11pm
I’d better do like everybody else and run out and buy 4 gallons of milk, 4 loaves of bread, and 32 rolls of toilet paper so that in the unlikely event I am affected, the power will go out so the milk will spoil, and the bread and toilet paper will become waterlogged with all the rain.

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flatbroke
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:11pm
Yes , even the Earth wants Obama out.

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U.N.hater
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:09pm
I really don’t care what happen’s to NY….By the way the U.S. need’s to get out of the U.N. http://freebeacon.com/u-n-human-rights-council-calls-for-boycott-of-u-s-companies/

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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:02pm
  This is INCREDIBLY Outrageous! This cannot Stand. SUPPORT ISRAEL. Stop this UN HRC NOW!
  
  www. HAPPY ALGER HIS DAY. Oct 25 ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE UN.
  
  by the way, THANK YOU Connie Mack for your endorsement of shutting down this Communist/Islamist Agency – Get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN ASAP!
  
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flatbroke
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:09pm
Even Earth is voting for Mitt Romey.

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- sta
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:32pm
  Now where is that “Like” button?
  
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:06pm
Great, Business is already down – This will be the nail in the Coffin – We’re screwed !

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