# Interesting images: If Hurricane Sandy were over Western Europe, Sandy vs Irene, and others

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**Created:** [October 30, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-images-if-hurricane-sandy-were-over-western-europe-sandy-vs-irene-and-others/639290 "2012-10-30T02:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-images-if-hurricane-sandy-were-over-western-europe-sandy-vs-irene-and-others/639290/1 "2012-10-30T02:42:12Z")

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[An image of Hurricane Sandy superimposed on a map of Western Europe.](http://imgur.com/Jxyof) Kinda gives a new sense of scale to the storm.

[This is an animated GIF showing a prediction of what Sandy’s going to do. The dark spot is Sandy’s core, but there’s a lot of action on all sides as well.](http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/hurricanegif.gif)

[A static shot of Sandy in the context of most of the rest of the Northern Tier of the US.](http://i.imgur.com/0Bs93.png) (This cuts out everything west of Idaho, so it misses Washington state and the Pacific coast.) It emphasizes how quiet most of the rest of the country’s weather is now.

[And, finally, Sandy (October 28, 2012) vs Irene (August 27, 2011).](http://i.imgur.com/11L9g.gif) Sandy is _much_ bigger.

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**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-images-if-hurricane-sandy-were-over-western-europe-sandy-vs-irene-and-others/639290/2 "2012-10-30T02:59:47Z")

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Fascinating! I was just thinking about it today and having a hard time imagining such a storm. We just don’t get 'em like that here. I’ve never seen a hurricane or been within a thousand miles of one. Pair that with the fact that I was sitting outside being hot at the time I thought about it (87 at my house today) and you can imagine my disconnect.

Man, I hope y’all are ok.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-images-if-hurricane-sandy-were-over-western-europe-sandy-vs-irene-and-others/639290/3 "2012-11-01T00:28:34Z")

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THIS IS NO ORDINARY STORM!

( [A Star is Born:Let’s Play Champions Online Pt. 5 - Twenty Sided](http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=5486) ) It’s ahrd to explain why this is funny unless you’re a nerd and/or played Champions Online.