To: StriperSniper
I don't think a storm could maintain that kind of power in these 'northern' watersDon't mean to scare you, but one could. A strong storm riding up the gulf stream, just grazing the coast,would only hit "cooler" water right past the tip of NC, from there it's only a couple hundred miles to NYC - not enough to diminish the intensity very much at all. An intense 170 mph storm would drop to 145/150, still a cat5. This hasn't happened in a major extent in modern meteorological times, trajectory and all, but I'm sure it's possible.
115 posted on
09/11/2003 3:59:33 PM PDT by
Nexus
To: Nexus
140 posted on
09/11/2003 6:27:15 PM PDT by
StriperSniper
(The slippery slope is getting steeper.)
To: Nexus
not since 1938.
and it would only be the eastern part of the eye that the real damage would be done, the eastern part of the eye at best would cross eastern long island.
To: Nexus
Don't mean to scare you, but one could. A strong storm riding up the gulf stream, just grazing the coast,would only hit "cooler" water right past the tip of NC, from there it's only a couple hundred miles to NYC - not enough to diminish the intensity very much at all.A good example is the infamous "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938. Devastated L.I. and points surrounding.
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