Posted on 09/16/2005 7:18:44 AM PDT by NYer
Alternate location ping!
People on Cape cod say they are long overdue
Jose Bastardi of AccuWeather has been saying that's he's worried about an Atlantic coast strike. Conditions are ripe--warm water, etc. Interesting.
The Long Island Express made landfall as a mere Category 1 on Sept 22 1938. We've still got time, and Ophelia's beboping along out there!
Seriously though, a Category 4 in New York City would make Katrina seem like a walk in the park..
WOW!
will it reach Hillary's house
Since I live between 1st Avenue & the FDR I suppose I should have a inflatable raft ready.....
My 86 year old father likes to tell stories about the '38 hurricane and how it wiped out Providence, Rhode Island, much the way Katrina wiped out NOLA. Providence is only a few feet above sea level and at the end of Narragansette Bay, which acts like a funnel and enhances the storm surge.
... It shouldn't be long for hollyweird to come out with the movie.
Seriously, a cat-4 in NJ, eastern part of the storm over NYC would be bad news... however the author seems bent on writing about the absolute worst case scenario, that I wonder if he's clamoring for contract to write a movie script.
If George Bush is still in office when this happens, I am sure women and minorities will be hit hardest.
The movie's already written and screened (Day After Tomorrow). Why bother with another one?
Because, as the previous poster noted: George Bush is *still* President.
What country was New York a colony of in 1821?
Here are some good links to the '38 Hurricane showing the track and photos:
http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurr1938.htm
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/hurricane1938.htm
http://www.southstation.org/hurr1.htm
Water temp in the Gulf the week Katrina hit - 98 degrees. Water temp off NYC at the height of summer - 72 degrees. What does a Cat 1 need to become a Cat 3-5....warm water.
And if you thought the people in New Orleans were animals... when this happens have your guns ready peeps cause you ain't seen nothing yet!
I KNOW Nick Conh! I used to produce all his slides & photographs for his lectures at Queens College. He's quite a character. What's more, he's absolutely correct. He's been saying this since I've known him.
LC
Sorry... Meant to type "Coch"...
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