If this were paper, scissors rock , storm surge covers rain water flooding in tropical systems. There is a whole other debate in this issue, and that is when you consider the costliest, what is the real reason that such tiny storms, with less flooding end up being so costly in the NE. You think it might be because Southerners know how to do things on their own and after a storm aren’t standing around with the hand, boohooing and waiting on the gubmint to come help them? Your NE storms cat 1’s aren’t very deadly but they sure do cost a lot.
Agnes is pretty far down on the list pal:
Deadliest:
1. Great Galveston Hurricane (TX) 1900 4 8000
2. FL (Lake Okeechobee) 1928 2500
3. Katrina (LA/MS/FL/GA/AL) 2005 3 1200
4. Cheniere Caminanda (LA) 1893 4 1400
5. Sea Islands (SC/GA) 1893 3 1-2000
6. GA/SC 700
7. Audrey (SW LA/N TX) 1957 4 416
8. Great Labor Day Hurricane (FL Keys) 1935 5 408
9. Last Island (LA) 1856 4 400
10. Miami Hurricane 1926 4 372
11. LA (Grand Isle) 1909 4 350
12. FL (Keys)/S. TX 1919 4 287#
13.. LA (New Orleans) 1915 4 275
13. TX (Galveston) 1915 4 275
15. Camille (MS/LA) 1969 5 256
15.. New England 1938 3* 256
17. Diane (NE U.S.) 1955 1 184
18. GA, SC, NC 1898 4 179
19. TX 1875 3 176
20. SE FL 1906 2 164
21. Indianola (TX) 1886 4 150
22. MS/AL/Pensacola 1906 3 134
23. FL, GA, SC 1896 3 130
24. Agnes (NE U.S.) 1972 1 122
25. Hazel (SC/NC) 1954 4* 95
26. Betsy (SE FL/SE LA) 1965 3 75
27. Great Atlantic Hurricane 1944 3* 64@
28. Carol (NE U.S.) 1954 3* 60
29. Floyd (NC) 1999 4 56
30. NC
COSTLIEST:
1. Katrina (LA/MS/AL/SE FL) 2005 3 $105,840,000,000
2. Andrew (SE FL/SE LA) 1992 5 $45,561,000,000
3. Ike (TX/LA/MS) 2008 2 $27,790,000,000
4. Wilma (FL) 2005 3 $20,587,000,000
5. Ivan (FL/AL) 2004 3 $19,832,000,000
6. Charley (FL) 2004 4 $15,820,000,000
7. Hugo (SC) 1989 4 $9,739,820,675
8. Rita (LA/TX) 2005 3 $11,797,000,000
9. Agnes (NE U.S.) 1972 1 $11,760,000,000
10. Betsy (FL/LA) 1965 3 $11,227,000,000
11. Allison (TX/LA) 2001 T.S. $10,998,000,000
12. Frances (FL) 2004 2 $10,018,000,000
13. Camille (MS/AL) 1969 5 $9,282,000,000
14. Floyd (NC) 1999 4 $9,225,000,000
15. Jeanne (FL) 2004 3 $8,072,000,000
16. Opal (NW FL/AL) 1995 3 $7,729,000,000
17. Diane (NE U.S.) 1955 1 $7,408,000,000
18. Frederic (AL/MS) 1979 3 $6,571,000,000
19. New England 1938 3 $6,325,000,000
20. Fran (NC) 1996 3 $6,140,000,000
21. Isabel (NC/VA/MD) 2003 2 $6,112,000,000
22. Celia (S TX) 1970 3 $5,918,000,000
23. Great Atlantic Hurricane 1944 3 $5,706,000,000
24. Alicia (N TX) 1983 3 $4,569,000,000
25. Gustav (LA) 2008 2 $4,347,000,000
26. Carol (NE U.S.) 1954 3 $4,175,000,000
27. Georges (PR/MS) 1998 5 $3,860,000,000
28. Juan (LA) 1985 1 $3,238,000,000
29. Donna (FL/Eastern U.S.) 1960 4 $3,215,000,000
30. Iniki (HI) 1992 4 $3,095,000,000
31. Bob (NC and NE U.S.) 1991 2 $2,004,635,258
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/damage.asp
http://www.cnbc.com/id/26426796/10_Most_Expensive_Hurricanes_in_US_History?slide=11
I we get a cat3-5, head on down, you can stay here while I evacuate with wife and dogs. But you have to sign a disclaimer that if you have a heart attack we aren’t liable and also, if you have a mess in your pants, you can’t use the washing machine for poopy pants. Oh, and did I mention the Atlantic is 40’ out my back door, but it will be fun, a real experience for a yankee like you.
Oh, and you usually get a couple of days warning that a major hurricane is coming in, giving you a chance to evacuate - whereas flash flooding often doesn't give you much of any warning and you can't evacuate. Which is why most hurricane deaths nowadays are from fresh water flooding - look it up.
So once again stuff it, as*****.