The blame for all Sandy's damage is already being placed on climate
change by the media.

Could the late season storm be caused by climate change? Possibly.

But the vast majority of blame should be rightly placed on:
Developers who sell waterfront housing on the beach knowing the risks.
Developers building non-hurricane approved housing.
Home owners buying homes on the beach knowing the risks.
Developers building structures of all types at sea level.
The city building underground transportation below water levels.
The jamming up of population into a small area where evacuation is
nearly impossible.
And the list goes on....

I say that the risk takers finally lost their bet rather just a
climate problem.
And the risk takers are pleading for money to recoop their loses.
And all of us are going to have to pay it one way or the other.