Skift Take
The Guardian's top stats nerd takes a look at the numbers and helps make the chatter of meteorologists much more realistic and gives ominous warnings some real weight.
Hurricane Sandy is barreling its way up the Atlantic ocean on its way for a collision course with the northern mid-Atlantic. The storm has set off panic among residents from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
You keep hearing meteorologists and public officials use phrases "amazing", "historic", and "never seen" to describe the storm. There's a chance that people view this storm as overhyped. I, however, feel that most of the warnings are well deserved.
Why? Here's a list of 10 statistics that will likely make this storm one to remember.
1. 90 degrees – Usually when a storm makes it up to the northern mid-Atlantic latitude, it's already way out to sea. Sandy would do the same thing except there's a giant high pressure in the middle of the Atlantic forcing it to make a sharp 65 degree turn
