Hurricane Sandy

Melbourne radio and TV news today are thankfully focusing on the impending landing of Hurricane Sandy off the East Coast of the US, a most welcome change from the Obama/Mitt Romney race. Tweets and text messages to the ABC Local radio presenters about Dennis Quaid, burning books and libraries (AKA "The Day after tomorrow" disaster movie) have been enlivening the reporting.
I heard that the Public Libraries are closed in New York and perhaps other cities nearby (meagpolis as it was called by one US commentator), so at least all the US Law Books are safe.
The Day After Tomorrow is favourite watching in our house, despite its many flaws - nothing like a heroic dad and resilient youngsters triumphing over man-made & nature's adversity!
I came across an article earlier this year regarding the increasing frequency of extreme events and links to Climate Change - "Explaining Extreme Events of 2011 from a Climate Perspective" by Peterson, Stott & Herring. This article clearly explains that not all extreme events can be linked to climate change but some are.
Hopefully the current Hurricane Sandy doesn't cause extreme harm to people and property unlike Hurricane Katrina. Or the scientist & meterologists involved don't get jailed like the Italian Earthquake Scientists unless it can be shown they were negligent.
So good luck everyone and I hope you don't have to experience the dislocation and destruction of your homes and lives like the Pakistani flood victims, Haiti earthquake survivors and Bangladeshi peasants when their delta floods regularly. The US is in enough debt as it is.