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So as we take a look at the satellite radar imagery going back a year ago, you can see where the storm made landfall and it was really -- it was a couple of things. it was the angle of the storm because you had long island sound and new york harbor so all of that water just funneled into this heavily populated area. we were 15 minutes away from high tide so we saw a storm surge of 13 to 15 feet. and of course, millions of people live in the area. it changed the landscape of new jersey. so this was a storm for the record books in a lot of cases and it was also a transitioning storm. it went fro...

Scenario. jenna: that was janice dean, the first meteorologist to predict the monster storm that hurricane sandy would turn out to be and she made the call right here on "happening now." just five days before the storm made landfall exactly one year ago today. that's how much notice we had. bringing with it, she had torrential flooding and hurricane force winds. you've seen the damage, you've seen the footage. what was it about sandy that made it so dangerous? why has this year's hurricane season been so tame? we don't want to jinx anything. here now is meteorologist janice dean. >> can you be...

It was interacting with a cold canadian storm and becoming that superstorm. very rare meteorological event. this is historic. we never had something like this making landfall. the national hurricane center was saying scientifically it is not a hurricane so we can't in good faith issue hurricane watches and warnings. jenna: let me stop you there because you're one weather forecaster, the best weather forecaster by the way in the entire country. i'm a little biased let's say that. there are thousands of weather forecasters up and along the east coast getting messages every half an hour, an hour,...

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