Unless you have been living under a rock you have seen the coverage and the destruction of Hurricane Sandy. It is pummeling nearly 60,000,000 people on the central and northeastern coastline, and as far inland as Ohio, with up to 12 inches of rain and hurricane force winds. So far, power outages have been relatively localized, but could spread to millions of people and leave them without power for days. At the time of this writing wind speeds in New York City are gusting at nearly 70 mph and expected to reach over 80 mph. These tyrannical winds are already responsible for the collapse of a crane on a residential high-rise being constructed on the corner of 57th St. and 6th Ave. in Midtown Manhattan.
Even with all of the destruction, I found it interesting to stumble across something on the Internet that had somehow created something beautiful from the carnage that is Sandy. This map shows the composition of the winds in the United States. While each line on the map represents a potentially destructive gust of wind, they also show the sheer power that our earth can possess.
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