Thanks to Sarah for the heads up on this one.
"Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure who epitomizes tragedy. The gods gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy; depending on which version of the story one prefers, she could either see or smell the future. But with this gift also came a curse: Cassandra’s warnings about future disasters were fated to be ignored. That is the essence of this tragedy: to know that a given course of action will lead to disaster but to pursue it nevertheless."
Read it all:
http://www.thenation.com/article/170918/hurricane-sandy-greek-tragedy#
Re "tragedy"
"According to Aristotle, "the structure of the best tragedy should be not simple but complex and one that represents incidents arousing fear and pity—for that is peculiar to this form of art." This reversal of fortune must be caused by the tragic hero's hamartia, which is ... correctly translated as a mistake ...According to Aristotle, "The change to bad fortune which he undergoes is not due to any moral defect or flaw, but a mistake of some kind."[ The reversal is the inevitable but unforeseen result of some action taken by the hero."
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