09-25-2008, 03:51 AM
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: