NYC and Hurricane "Kyle"

[michaelb]

Just from reading the various weather sites, it looks like they are not coming together and the first will come to shore maybe as a TS in the midcoast tomorrow. Not clear at all if the 2nd one is going to develop and go north. Never heard of Skeetobyte before, but it is an interesting link.

Still not sure at all what my weekend forecast will be; I may have to wait to Friday and see what it is like then. Our long range forecast for the next weekend is for snow, so I am getting squeezed a bit trying to get this trip in.

[freeradical]

macphanatic wrote:


In late August, 1893, a powerful hurricane (estimated as a strong Category 1) wiped out Hog Island, a small resort island off Rockaway Beach. The 'Long Island Express' or 'Great Hurricane of 1938' (Category 3) slammed across central Long Island and ripped into southern New England on September 21, 1938, killing nearly 700 people and injuring thousands more (Figure 1). The storm, striking with little advance warning (this in the days long before weather satellites), raised a wall of water 25 to 35 feet high, sweeping away protective barrier dunes and buildings. Because of the tremendous population growth and development that have occurred since then, damages from such a storm today would be enormous.

What no satellites? :wiggle: