[U S Army EOD]

When you have a projected 30-35 foot storm surge, I don't think the tides will matter that much.

[OWK]

My bigger worry is that all that water will funnel right up the Chesapeake.

You wanna talk about flooding....

[kayak]

When you have a projected 30-35 foot storm surge, I don't think the tides will matter that much.

Oh, yes, they will. Hazel hit on the full moon at high tide of the highest lunar tide of the year. She obliterated the beaches of southern NC ... well, the buildings anyway. I was fortunate enough (?) to be able to fly over them the next day and it looked like someone had just dumped a gazillion boxes of matchsticks out along the beach and into the ocean.

The high tide just adds that much more water to the surge ... and causes the surge to reach farther inland, depending on the topography.

Hurricanes can, and do, actually change beaches also .... they can open up new inlets and close others where you have barrier islands.