dana: hurricane sandy was october 30th. rick: it was very late. the season is long. melissa: second question about whether it s sitting or moving quickly what causes it either stall rick: i m going to get super nerdy. melissa: i love that. rick: they are formed in the lower latitudes around the equator, roughly. the earth is rotating. the storms move along the rotation of the earth. melissa: okay. dana: we follow. rick: because the rotation of the earth, the coriolis effect, and wants to curve north. like something spinning that energy wants to put it up north. in the atlantic, there is the thing the bermuda eyes, these ss want to move north but there s higher pressure north. it s not letting it move to the north.