Posted on 03/21/2006 7:12:49 AM PST by george76
"Weather Disaster of Historic Proportions" Could Strike as Early as This Year...
The northeast U.S. coast could be the target of a major hurricane, perhaps as early as this season, according to research announced today by the AccuWeather... Hurricane Center.
"The Northeast is staring down the barrel of a gun," said Joe Bastardi, Chief Forecaster...
"The Northeast coast is long overdue for a powerful hurricane...not a question of if but when." ...
"If you examine past weather cycles that have occurred in the Atlantic, you will see patterns of storms," added Ken Reeves, Expert Senior Meteorologist and Director of Forecasting Operations ...
The current cycle and above-normal water temperatures are reminiscent of the pattern that eventually produced the 1938 hurricane that struck Providence, R.I...
The 1938 hurricane was the strongest tropical system to strike the northeastern U.S. in recorded history, with maximum gusts of 186 mph, a 15- to 20-foot storm surge and 25- to 50-foot waves that left much of Providence under 10-15 feet of water.
Forecasters at AccuWeather.com say that patterns are similar to those of the 1930s, 40s and 50s when storms such as the 1938 hurricane, the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricanes and the Trio of 1954--Carol, Edna and Hazel--battered the coast from the Carolinas to New England.
Because a hurricane of this magnitude has not made landfall in the northeastern U.S. in nearly 60 years, few Americans are even aware that hurricanes can and do directly impact this part of the country...
But the storm that struck Providence on Sept. 21, 1938, traveled northward along the Gulf Stream and first made landfall in Westhampton, Long Island before ripping a path across the island and continuing north to Rhode Island.
That storm is still regarded as the greatest weather disaster in Long Island history.
(Excerpt) Read more at a.accuweather.com ...
So are the experts predicting a northward shift in the prime strike area for this season compared to the last two, or is Joe Bastardi just trying to drive traffic to Accuweather by spreading a little fear?
Gee, I didn't realize that global warming went back that far... :)
Not to wish the pain of hurricanes on others, but we had four hits here in the Florida Keys last summer, with Wilma the worst by far.
Steer em north this year please, I am over it.
Joe was on the old media this morning.
The junior reporter wanted Joe to blame trucks/suvs as to the sole cause of global warming which is causing these storms.
Joe was good in repeatedly saving that this was not global warming but another cycle from the 1930s, 40s and 50s...
The junior reporter was not happy.
Look, you hairy-knuckled, slack-jawed, glassy-eyed, fricking conservative retards -- vote for Al Gore or YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't you get it?
And the breeze will pick up a bit too....
If only he had signed Kyoto that storm would never have happened.
Massachusetts is overdue for a big blow ... way overdue. Storm surge pushing a wall of water up Buzzards Bay at high or nearly high tide, will wipe out lower lying towns like Marion and Mattapoisett. New Bedford and Fairhaven the most populated have a huge storm wall at the head of the harbor that can be closed. Massachusetts, as we all know, is a very blue state ... expect Bush to be blamed if this all but inevitable hurricane hits while he's president.
I agree, not to complain but, when you guys get evacuated out of the Keys, it messes up the traffic in and around Homestead even more than usual.
I had enough last summer....let some other part of the country have the "thrill" of a cane for a while...
You are up in Homestead? I'm down here at mile marker 17, Sugarloaf Key. I have not ever evacuated for a storm, but always send my wife out. Last summer was just unbelievable, 30 years down here and to be hit by four in one season boggles the mind.
I guess Hurricane Agnes in '72 doesn't count as a major NE hurricane? They're just talking coastal areas in the NE?
Yep, I'm in Homestead. You're way down there. We don't evacuate either. Hubby works at the Nuke plant and is considered essential. He has enough time to put the shutters up and head to the plant to prep for the storm there. So I stay and ride out the storms.
I agree, 4 in one year is enough. What amazes me is how many blue roofs are still out there. It's almost hurricane season again and people still can't find a contractor to fix their homes.
Are the winter nor'easter storms often worse than an average fall hurricane ?
Calling President Bush........please, PLEASE use the hurricane machine that created the hurricane that hit "Chocolate City", and create one to his San Francisco....PLEASE...
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