Just as a matter of fact, the eye of 1938 hurricane hit Westhampton, 60 or so miles from NYC. It was a very bad storm and flooded providence RI completely, to the Northeast. It did not do so much damage to the east toward Montauk as Sandy did to her east.
Sandy hit Atlantic City 160 (one hundred sixty) miles to the south of Mnhattan, causing severe damage theare and beyond way into Long Island (Breezy Point and The Rockaways.
Everyone inland in NJ, LI, Conn has damage -trees down etc. It’s not fully poered up yet.
they don’t complain, and that has much to do with the perception that it wasn’t a big storm.
Mna made global warming shouldn’t enter into the discussion, as far as I’m concerned.
In fact this headline is so stupid. the U.N. should be talking about nothing else than our Ambassador hving been killed until they get to the bottom of it.
The surge from the 1938 storm was much higher than Sandy’s although it did not extend over as wide an area. In comparing overall effect the extra width of Sandy still does not stack up to the height of the 1938 storm.
“Everyone inland in NJ, LI, Conn has damage -trees down etc. It’s not fully poered up yet.”
No; NOT “Everyone”; by far. Did the storm reach far inland? Yes. Was it as great and severe far inland? No. The further inland you go, the less severe the damage and NOT everyone in NJ, Conn. & on Long Island had damage. Some had none at all.