One of the 14 deadliest hurricanes occurred in New England in 1938. The town I live in lost approx 40 people. Islands are gone that existed pre-hurricane.
Source here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474317/posts
67 years ago. Mark my words, New England is safe in 2005. And that was a category 1 hurricane when it hit New England. I suspect construction is safer now and there would be no significant damage if a Cat 1 hit today.
I'm on LI. The waters are very warm this year. Makes me nervous. We had them in Sept. I read about that 1938 hurricane. A hurricane comes here, I'm out of here.