Putting aside the drama and hardship that Sandy has caused, from an objective, distanced—and obviously insensitive—perspective, a “Frankenstorm” is not much more than another extreme weather event in line with the more frequent, more widespread, and more intense heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and storms—not to mention the changes in rainfall patterns, glacier thawing, polar melting, ocean acidification, and species extinctions—that have already been observed in recent decades.
Bukod sa drama at paghihirap na mabuhangin ay may sanhi, mula sa isang layunin, distanced-at malinaw naman insensitive-pananaw, ang isang "Frankenstorm" ay hindi mas higit pa kaysa sa isa pang matinding kaganapan ng panahon sa linya kasama ang mas madalas, mas laganap, at mas matinding init waves, droughts, wildfires, baha, at bagyo-hindi banggitin ang mga pagbabago sa pattern ng dami ng ulan, glacier lasaw, polar natutunaw, karagatan aasido, at species extinctions-na nai-obserbahan sa mga nakaraang dekada.