In October of 87 two low pressure systems (essentially hurricanes) merged just before giving the mainland of Great Britain the worst storm they had had in 100 years.
Joe will get more details up later today but for now, he is saying gale force winds on the mid-Atlantic coast with hurricane force gusts of wind on the New England south coast. He predicts that Alpha will get sucked up by Wilma heading up the coast tomorrow and cause a "rogue" superstorm with heavy "tree-breaking" snows in the Northeast interior all the way down to interior PA.