[Paladin2]

Nice!

How does DelMarVa escape over the decades?

[Tom Tetroxide]

Have no idea.

[rxh4n1]

“How does DelMarVa escape over the decades?”

That struck me too, and only one in New Jersey. Only one between Nag’s Head NC and New York. Is it because of the indentation of the coast?

[ChronicMA]

it seems hurricanes never make left turns, so the only way to get to delmarva is to go thru NC first

[napscoordinator]

They are so lucky. It must be the Chesapeake bay that protects the three states.

[imardmd1]

West winds

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Delmarva AND New Jersey.

That is really remarkable, isn’t it? How in the world do hurricanes know about our state borders?

[Clutch Martin]

“How does DelMarVa escape over the decades?”

There is still plenty of energy in those systems as they push through.

[CatHerd]

I wondered exactly the same! Found this:

https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/09/14/why-dont-hurricanes-make-landfall-delmarva/1300671002/

Makes sense.

[fredhead]

I think a lot has to do with the Gulf Stream current. It goes out to sea at Cape Hatteras and heads east. Historically, east coast hurricanes make an easterly turn. Just when that turn is made determines if and where there is a landfall.

I grew up on the coast of NC.