I never knew they purposefully didn't name the hurricane that formed from it. Hurricane Grace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Grace Was absorbed by a nor'easter. That nor'easter is nicknamed the "Perfect Storm". But from that, a hurricane formed later, that purposefully was not named to reduce confusion. Interesting.
Technically, Sandy didn't make landfall as a tropical cyclone. But it is considered in the costliest hurricanes. (4th, with estimated 65 billion in damage, 70.2 billion if adjusted for inflation to 2017 dollars) The surge was mostly from the nor'easter part, but there was a hurricane at the center up until almost landfall. So the water rise was driven mostly while there was a hurricane at the center of the nor'easter. A truly weird setup.
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Perfect Storm - Mark in PC Beach, 7/19/2018, 10:00 pm