Talk:Superstorm

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Would You consider the April 2007 Nor'easter an example of a superstorm?Juliancolton 17:07, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

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This article really needs a rewrite. The writing is poor, it's confusing, and it doesn't really tell me exactly what is meant by "super storm". It doesn't even say if it's a scientific term, or one only used by the media and general public. M0ffx (talk) 11:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I've reverted to an old version without the original research (which was added by me before I became familiar with WP's policies, ironically). It's a stub now, but I'll work on it sometime soon. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The reversion seems to be even worse. I edited out "Such gradients are generally associated with rapid global warming." twfowler (talk) 00:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

This follows my criticism. "Superstorm" is a scientific term used by the NWS and NOAA only in conjunction with "cyclone" to describe massive storms in the Indian Ocean, which would be equivalent to an Atlantic category 5 hurricane (winds in excess of 150 mph). "Superstorm Sandy" had winds of less than 55 mph when it hit land in the US.

"Hurricane Sandy" was a category 1-2 (hurricane strength, winds up to 83 mph) tropical cyclone that passed through the Caribbean causing widespread damage. However, Sandy died down by the time it hit the US East Coast. The reduced wind speed caused the NWS to downgrade Sandy based on the Beaufort scale to a "subtropical storm". ("Subtropical" and "tropical" describe the two different mechanisms that create and/or sustain cyclones). Not officially a "hurricane" anymore, the media began to misuse the "superstorm" term by using the name "Superstorm Sandy", presumably to keep it in the limelight. It should not be ignored that damage seen on the eastern seaboard was significant, much of it caused by swells and wind while Sandy was still a Category 1 hurricane out at sea. Those swells eventually made it to the coast and causing significant flooding even though the hurricane force winds that created them had died down somewhat.

The use of the term "superstorm" to describe Sandy is misleading and perhaps even dangerous should an actual super cyclonic storm ever reach a populated landmass.

Unfortunately, who is going to admit they used "superstorm" for marketing purposes? Also weather advisories, from which I garnered most of the history, are intentionally expired and removed. Both of these make it difficult to find references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.227.246 (talk) 21:05, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

List of super superstorms needed
Superstorm Shaz hits Australis's east coast November 17, 2012. A MASSIVE thunderstorm has hit southeast Queensland, bringing 4000 lightning strikes, torrential rain, ... --Pawyilee (talk) 12:40, 18 November 2012 (UTC)