It really could be an extremely significant, historic storm, said Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate at the University of Miami, explaining that conditions are similar to those that created the famous perfect storm of 1991.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/us/early-worries-that-hurricane-sandy-may-be-a-perfect-storm.html
Hurricane Sandy Threatens Northeast and Mid-Atlantic - NYTimes.com

