New York warned to prepare for hurricanes

Reuters ^ | May 10, 2006 | By Martinne Geller

[areafiftyone]

Wierd feeling. But I believe they are built that way purposely.

[FDNYRHEROES]

I can vividly recall hurricanes up here in New England in the 50's
One of them was probably Hurricane Edna, which struck New England on September 11, 1954. In his essay "The Eye of Edna," noted writer E. B. White described riding out this storm on the coast of Maine.

You'll also have to include Hurricane Carol, which hit CT in 1954 also...

[Wuli]

And the basis of this "news" is something "scientific" or something that we "know" at this time, for sure, about some hurricane we "know" will hit New York this year????

No.

This story is done, just to have an excuse to keep the "humans cause global warming" mantra alive, and for absolutely no other "scientific" reason.

[RinaseaofDs]

Right! Gloria.

I should have remembered. Everyone was blaring the Doors song from their stereos as it approached. Eerie actually.

[OrioleFan]

Lady Liberty better batten down her skirts.

[Palladin]

There was a corker of a hurricane in 1935 that carried many large South Shore mansions out to sea. There was a large death toll.

So it does happen.

Heads up, Long Island!

[Palladin]

Oops! That was 1938. Lots of links on Google. 600 deaths.

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/

[scatterbrained]

a hurricane is a whole lot different than a snowstorm, especially when you are prepared for snow but not for hurricanes. We get hit with some regularity here and all the northerners freak out. You know who grew up here 'cause we're the ones showing up for work when the hurricane is getting ready to hit.

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a hurricane is a whole lot different than a snowstorm,

Of course, I agree, though a blizzard has certainly many elements of the dangers present in a hurricane.

What bothered me in the opening sentence of this article;

A hurricane with only moderate intensity could wreak havoc in New York City because it has been years since the nation's financial center faced severe weather...

Was the inaccuracy of implying, due to poor writing, that it has been years since NY faced severe weather. A better statement would have been to preface severe weather with something like " this kind of."

...because it has been years since the nation's financial center faced this kind of severe weather..

Call me picky, but these writers get paid to write and editors get paid to edit this stuff. As a result of the news medium distorting reality, shunning good news and creating an atmosphere of doom, they bring out the sarcasm in me.

By the standard of the opening sentence, the large snowstorm in NY last February was severe weather and was more current than years ago.

[scatterbrained]

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM? AN ACCURATE REPORT OF EVENTS AND TIMELY WORNIGS OF DANGER? Jeesh. You act as if they are the news media or something. as if they have some responsibility to tell us what's goin on in the world. that's what hollywood is for. Or didn't you know that already?
the people at PMSnbc and Cnn are there to provide a level of positive stress. It's really more about heart health really.
If you want to know what's going on in the world you're supposed to watch the West wing. Didn't you get the memo?

[A message]

LOL!!