Is New York due for a Hurricane?

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#41 Postby Graham1973 » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:39 pm

hurricanetrack wrote:A great FICTION book on this subject is Landstrike by Ken Bass: http://www.landstrike.com

Some of it is based on his research and the aftermath is probably spot on. I would not want to intercept a hurricane in NYC.


Another one worth tracking down is Her Name Will Be Faith by Max Marlow (Amazon) . It's a big chunky disaster novel that seems to have been inspired by Gloria's near miss in '85. The fictional season starts off with five short lived hurricanes over a six week period and then a big Cape Verde storm comes up and passes right over New York...
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Re: Is New York due for a Hurricane?

#42 Postby Hurricane Jed » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:27 pm

I'd rather a small weak Category 1 hit or near miss and remove some of the older damaged structures in the area and open several eyes so that buildings can be made stronger and people will be more on their toes in the event of a stronger hurricane.
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#43 Postby Kingarabian » Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:16 pm

Hmm....

Derek Ortt wrote:we had better hope a cat 3 never makes a direct hit on the city

it would be larger in size than Katrina and the area is far more surge prone

the entire beach area and well inland would be leveled by the highest surge in US history. Not to mention that the structures cannot withstand the high winds there


Sandy was pretty darn close.
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#44 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:12 am

What cities are still overdue? I would say the top two are the Tampa Bay area and Savannah, both of which are very surge-prone.
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#45 Postby WeatherGuesser » Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:49 am

CrazyC83 wrote:What cities are still overdue?



Officially NYC didn't get one. :cheesy:
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#46 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:22 am

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CrazyC83 wrote:What cities are still overdue?



Officially NYC didn't get one. :cheesy:


Technically no since there were no hurricane-force winds in the city, but ask most people and they say they did. A direct hit by a smaller Cat 2-3 would likely have less surge anyway due to size and water movement (but much more wind damage).
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Re: Is New York due for a Hurricane?

#47 Postby HurrMark » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:15 pm

There were hurricane force gusts in the city.
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