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I would agree with your statement to an extent. We can't say a storm has never done this. I think the Colonial Hurricane back in 1635 was worse.

However, I have not seen or studied a modern storm like this....and I've been doing this 25 years. The size is record in the Atlantic. The storm will most likely set pressure records (and if it doesn't...it will be within a couple of MBs)...it will also set surge records or be VERY close to it.

So if that doesn't make it rare...I don't know what does. NOW...add to that the fact it will hit the Jersey coast moving W-WNW. Add ALL of that up...and it makes it a storm that is rare...maybe once in every 500 years will you see all of that come together.

I agree, it is a rare occurrence, and although the eye is a little bit east of the bulk of the model tracks, it's still going to send some serious surge waters into the NJ, NY area.

It's looking more to me like the eye may just hit around NY city, but that's just a wild guess at this point.