Over 20 million tweets sent as Sandy struck

Twitter users flocked to the micro-messaging network this week as Hurricane Sandy swept through the eastern U.S. seaboard, sending more than 20 million tweets about the storm between October 28 and November 1. This far exceeds the 13.7 million tweets sent during the Super Bowl in February, typically the largest media event of the year. The 20 million tweets included the terms "sandy," "hurricane," "#sandy," and "#hurricane."