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CLIFFORD MASS's avatar

Roger....size is also important and the eye of Ida is quite small.....a good thing..cliff mass

Richard McNider's avatar

Yes. Cliff I agree. Katrina and Camille were much bigger storms with greater storm surge.

Rfhirsch's avatar

Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage (6th highest on one list in the article), even though it was at most a Category 1 storm, because of how it came ashore.