Watch Hurricane Sandy from NASA's orbiting satellites Space
agency tracks 'Frankenstorm' as it heads toward U.S. east coast
The east coast of the United States is bracing for a hurricane
so severe that it's being dubbed a "Frankenstorm" in many media
outlets. Indeed, Hurricane Sandy -- "a late season Atlantic
storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades," according
to Reuters -- has killed more than 30 people in the Caribbean as
it slowly moves north. Obviously you can keep track of the storm
via television and Internet news outlets, but if you want
information heavy on facts and light on sensationalism, NASA has
a website devoted to tracking Sandy. The space agency's Earth-
orbiting spacecraft are watching Hurricane Sandy as she churns
at 6 mph toward the east coast, where it's expected to land late
Monday or Tuesday. The site has the latest videos and pictures
taken from space. Here's how NASA describes the storm: Storm
surge is expected to be big factor as Sandy approaches the Mid-
Atlantic coast. Ver