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09-05-2019, 06:33 AM #126
Jezuz H, dude. Raleigh is far inland. NYC is a harbor on the Atlantic, and L.I. and the Jersey coast are sitting ducks. Maybe it doesn't happen every summer, but NY has had plenty of hits from storms in my lifetime, at least, especially northeasters, which don't pack quite the punch of a hurricaine, but can do a ton of damage that never makes it to national news. Makes for pretty awesome skiing, too, if you catch them at the right place.
And how was Sandy "aided by a noreaster"? What?
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09-05-2019, 06:49 AM #127Funky But Chic
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Well here's the tool to figure it out: https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/
I'm not quite sure, on a quick look, how to get the search function to work. Just zooming in, the numbers look pretty comparable, with more major storms affecting NYC but more total storms in Raleigh, but not by much and that's just me eyeballing it.
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09-05-2019, 06:50 AM #128
Yeah, that Sandy storm dumped nearly 4' of various types of snow on us in WV. Bunch of mags came down for the fun. Good times.
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09-05-2019, 06:57 AM #129
I'd be perfectly fine with Raleigh winning this little contest.
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09-05-2019, 07:26 AM #130
Sandy was aided by a cold storm, if I recall correctly. Not sure if they joined forces like the Halloween (or Perfect) Storm, or it was nearby, offering guidance and energy. Sandy was an anomaly, but bringing up climate change is relevant. NYC might be becoming more susceptible.
The 2003 storm flooded lower Manhattan and closed much of the subway system. NYC has been u see water more than Raleigh due to coastal flooding due to tropical system. Hands down. The question is which city had gotten more wind. More regularly, I’d assume Raleigh. Greater velocity, I’d wager a better on NYC. Tropical systems break apart very quickly after moving on shore. The wind field grows in size, but weakens substantially.
I too won’t bother looking up the stats, cause really, who gives a fuck.
My point was that the waters just south of Long Island are not the cold North Atlantic. They can often be plenty warm to sustain a tropical system in late August and early September. It is a short window, but exist. The cold N Atlantic waters start just east and north of there, off of Cape Cod.
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09-05-2019, 07:47 AM #131Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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09-05-2019, 07:53 AM #132
"Sandy was an anamoly". You see, that's a problem, for coastal NY and so many other places No, it really wasn't. NY and Jersey coasts get hit by hurricanes and tropical storms maybe every twenty years. A probable class five creamed Western L.I. in 1938, moving on to Providence. I had a tree in my front yard in Jersey growing up that was permanently tilted from a storm in the early fifties. But, we all seem to think that these are freak situations, an anamoly, so it's ok to build back, probably won't happen again. Thus, the entire East coast of the US developed with expensive RE. Shit, Florida, the whole state, developed.
I forget what the psychological term is, I heard it referenced when the 1906 SF earthquake was talked about a lot when the centennial happened recently. They were building back immediately, thinking, I guess, that won't happen again. Sure it won't.
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09-05-2019, 08:02 AM #133
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09-05-2019, 08:08 AM #134
Benny, take your meds dude. Sandy was not typical in many ways.
I agree with you 100% that barrier islands and wetlands should not be developed. For many reason beyond a twice a century storm. But that does not make a storm like Sandy typical. Could there be another just like Sunday, sucking energy from a cold source, and growing as it approaches the arm pit of the east coast. Sure. But a regular system it was not.
I’m no Atlantic tropical storm expert, but I carefully tracked every single tropical system for 15 years. I travelled toward then to score surf when ever I could. The only other storm that tapped energy like Sandy was the Halloween Storm (which sent perfect 12’ surf to 92nd Street Rockaway).
Save the coastal wetlands. We need them to absorb tropical storms, as well as winter storms, rain water, and more importantly as nurseries for vast amounts of sea life and support birds and small mammals.
But enough with the hurricane scare tactic. It was an anomaly.
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09-05-2019, 08:09 AM #135
Hurricanes 2019 (and other Tropical Shit storms)
That is not true. Most the storms that have hit NYC and north did not go ashore in NC.
Typically, hurricane force winds extend 25-75 miles from the eye. And with land drag, that is usually on the low end. Hurricane are pretty compact. You’d need the eye skirting the coast to get Cat 1 in Raleigh. Join Benny in the hyperbole room.
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09-05-2019, 08:18 AM #136
pretty much a non-event in Hilton head. The wind shifted offshore before high tide and the overnight hightide was LOWER than it would be without the hurricane. I don't think they ever lost power though they did sustain winds at 30 with gusts to 60. So probably shingles & branches in the road. knock on wood.
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09-05-2019, 08:22 AM #137Funky But Chic
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09-05-2019, 08:27 AM #138
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09-05-2019, 08:38 AM #139
Have you ever been to Delaware? Why would a hurricane ever want to go there?
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09-05-2019, 08:49 AM #140
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09-05-2019, 08:54 AM #141Funky But Chic
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Apparently hurricanes don't care about tax-free shopping at outlet malls.
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09-05-2019, 09:00 AM #142
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09-05-2019, 09:01 AM #143
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09-05-2019, 09:07 AM #144
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09-05-2019, 09:42 AM #145
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09-05-2019, 09:50 AM #146
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09-05-2019, 12:18 PM #147
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09-05-2019, 12:39 PM #148
Man up and wear a wetsuit.
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09-05-2019, 01:12 PM #149
Hurricanes 2019 (and other Tropical Shit storms)
TOP 10 US CITIES AT RISK FROM HURRICANES
New York City made the list. Raleigh NC did not.
https://www.cbsnews.com/media/top-10...ricane-damage/
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09-05-2019, 01:23 PM #150
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