[nopardons]

I lived through them in the 1950s, in N.Y.; so Andy is just impossibly stupid and ignorant!

And there have been hurricanes hitting N.Y. since colonial times and yes, even prior to that!

[organicchemist]

When I was a kid, grownups would point to destruction not yet repaired a good five years later from hurricane Hazel in 1954

https://www.weather.gov/mhx/Oct151954EventReview