Joe Bastardi of AccuWeather was my 'person of choice' when living in Houston - amazingly accurate and good info. Hopefully, he's still as good, or better.
Just looked him up - he resigned/retired from Accuweather early last year. - Feb, 2011 ... 32 years with them.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/updates-sandys-catastrophic-im/746423
BTW: That really IS one helluva storm !!!

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