Both of those wind farms were hit by hurricane Sandy with wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour and neither of them had any major damage and continued to provide electricity for the local grid.

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With the strong Sandy Park wind to contend with, we played some powerful rugby and sealed the bonus point, which gave us a huge amount of confidence.

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There was no let up in intensity at the start of the second period but the hosts now had the Sandy Park wind behind them and it did not take long for Rob Baxter's men to trouble the scoreboard again.

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So sitting here listening to the wind and weathermen howl, I started having what I guess you could call a Sandy version of a revenge fantasy.

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Emergency officials in New Jersey said they were monitoring a coastal storm, expected to bring lashing rain, wind, snow and possibly coastal flooding to the region hit by super-storm Sandy in October.

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While Sandy visited devastation on the East Coast, principally New Jersey and New York, it created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada and caused water levels to rise from Florida to Maine, the center found.

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"In general, look it up first by whatever means, " he said, noting sharks falsely popped up in photos after Sandy, swimming in front yards and down streets, along with doctored images of dramatic storm clouds and wind whipping around the Statue of Liberty.

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