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East Coast flooding threat from bomb cyclone likely near Superstorm Sandy levels
NY Post ^ | 12/22/2022 | Chris Oberholtz, FOX Weather

Posted on 12/22/2022 8:44:40 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

One of the worst major coastal flooding events on record — likely near Superstorm Sandy levels — is imminent for parts of the Eastern Seaboard as a soon-to-be bomb cyclone enters the Northeast.

This comes in the absence of blizzard conditions on the warm side of the dangerous winter storm that is walloping the Midwest and Great Lakes as it begins to spread toward the East Coast ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend.

The Fox Forecast Center said windswept rain is expected Friday in the Northeast as powerful winds blast the region with widespread 50-plus-mph wind gusts.

In addition, 60- to 70-mph gusts cannot be ruled out with the passage of the Arctic cold front Friday into Friday night. At least a few scattered power outages are likely, and more widespread outages are possible.

At the coast, strong onshore winds will lead to a significant coastal flood event along south-facing coasts, especially with the Friday morning high tide.

Flood levels are forecast to be among the top 10, and in some cases the top five, on record along the south shore of Long Island, the Jersey Shore and the Connecticut coast.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bomb; cyclone; eastcoast; flooding
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To: metmom

i drove through an area after superstorm sandy (Which dropped a tree on our house- had to replace a section of hte roof- thankfully noone was hurt) and i was in the mountains where a small stream to the right of the road- about 40 feet down, rose up over the road and woudl have submerged any cars o n the road totally- a fella put the waterline on his retaining wall, and it was like 8 feet high- That stream, 40 feet below the road rose almost 50 feet- the road was just starting to drop down to the town down below the mountain, which was really devastated badly- it was a wicked storm-

I drove aroudn our town, and wow- trees down everywhere- roads washed out- Even the throughway got washed out in one spot- huge crater- was quite a mess-


21 posted on 12/22/2022 9:12:52 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s the BOMB! Oh noes. Just bull crap to scare and control people. Go about your lives people and stop huddling in corners pissing your pants and hyperventilating in your masks. Get a backbone.


22 posted on 12/22/2022 9:16:24 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
...devastating bomb-cyclone killer super-storm ...

The media is just wall to wall fear porn.
25 posted on 12/22/2022 9:23:44 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Sacajaweau
I know. And if we have “100 year evrnts” a thousand miles spart, the media will still chalk it up as “climate change.” I like the “500 year events.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-does-500-year-flood-really-mean/

26 posted on 12/22/2022 9:26:49 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So called “Superstorm Sandy” was a fairly average Category 2 Hurricane. It caused massive damage because it hit a densely developed area of the coast.


27 posted on 12/22/2022 9:28:15 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Global Warming/Cooling! It’s coming from all directions!


29 posted on 12/22/2022 9:32:12 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: gundog

“We’re getting hundred year weather events every ten years.” /Schumer”

Happens all the time. A hundred year even doesn’t mean it only happens every 100 years. It refers only to probability.

When I lived within 100 feet of the Colorado River we had a
“100 year” runoff one spring. The next year we had a “500 year” runoff. House stayed dry both times fortunately.


30 posted on 12/22/2022 9:36:33 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: Bob434

Where was this? What part of the country?


31 posted on 12/22/2022 9:40:20 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: dfwgator

Yes, Elliot


32 posted on 12/22/2022 9:42:51 AM PST by wrench
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To: ping jockey

Absolutely. I remember the women who were at home and ran all the institutions in town. Ptas library church fire auxiliaries

Millions of dollars of labor and work were given by these volunteers and the added benefit of making these town safe high trust zones.


33 posted on 12/22/2022 9:45:09 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: gundog
They created these 500 year flood zones TOTALLY on conjecture. We have no data to support it except what they "constructed" and fed into their computer.

I had a flood plain map that had water on the second floor of a building that sat on the edge of a chasm 50 feet deep...Had no trouble telling "the Mappers" they were dead wrong.

34 posted on 12/22/2022 9:48:13 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Chickensoup

north east - the storm walloped the coast and in land quite a ways


35 posted on 12/22/2022 9:48:24 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: SaxxonWoods

When you get it echoing through “The View” and “”Morning Joe,” all context is lost.


36 posted on 12/22/2022 9:53:53 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Actual NWS forecast discussions don’t seem so alarmist.

Mount Holly, NJ https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=PHI&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

Upton, NY https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off


37 posted on 12/22/2022 10:00:09 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: ping jockey

AMEN!


38 posted on 12/22/2022 10:50:33 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Bob434

The one that went up the CT River and hit VT?


39 posted on 12/22/2022 11:24:53 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: FarCenter

Right. It is a sensationalist article designed to get clicks.


40 posted on 12/22/2022 11:32:52 AM PST by Revel
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