Katrina's storm surge
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Katrina's storm surge
what are the chance that another storm may come along a beat Katrina's record the only way i can see that happening is to have a 200mph Hurricane with gust to 225 the size of Katrina
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thunderchief
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its hard but possible. First you need another very intense and large cat-5 hurricane, moving directly onshore in a similar topographic region. But add in an extra day or two of travel in a straight line directly onshore, and dont weaken it as much before landfall. =large fetch and no weakening. You could probably get another 5 feet of surge that way. Throw in a bay in the right eyewall. Remember the record in the pacific is like 40 feet.
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wxmann_91
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The Right Angle between New Jersey and Long Island, along with the Manhattan and East Rivers, will funnel that surge right through Manhattan.
Given the right storm, a major hurricane pummeling through NYC will cause a Great Depression 2, many of the bridges and landmarks (including the Statue of Liberty and Coney Island), will be destroyed.
I don't want to go too in depth here, but a thread on this exact scenario is here: http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=52570&start=0 Go to page six, that's where I have typed a long story about the true WORST CASE scenario. If you get easily scared I suggest you don't read it.
Given the right storm, a major hurricane pummeling through NYC will cause a Great Depression 2, many of the bridges and landmarks (including the Statue of Liberty and Coney Island), will be destroyed.
I don't want to go too in depth here, but a thread on this exact scenario is here: http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=52570&start=0 Go to page six, that's where I have typed a long story about the true WORST CASE scenario. If you get easily scared I suggest you don't read it.
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wxmann_91
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Back on topic here--
How is the bathymetry off the coast of Georgia and S. Carolina? Cause there is a much better chance of a hurricane approaching these states perpencularly (is that a word?) for days then along the GOM, and the Gulf Stream would energize canes going there, not to mention they have much more water (Atlantic rather than GOM) to work with.
How is the bathymetry off the coast of Georgia and S. Carolina? Cause there is a much better chance of a hurricane approaching these states perpencularly (is that a word?) for days then along the GOM, and the Gulf Stream would energize canes going there, not to mention they have much more water (Atlantic rather than GOM) to work with.
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wxmann_91 wrote:The Right Angle between New Jersey and Long Island, along with the Manhattan and East Rivers, will funnel that surge right through Manhattan.
Given the right storm, a major hurricane pummeling through NYC will cause a Great Depression 2, many of the bridges and landmarks (including the Statue of Liberty and Coney Island), will be destroyed.
I don't want to go too in depth here, but a thread on this exact scenario is here: http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=52570&start=0 Go to page six, that's where I have typed a long story about the true WORST CASE scenario. If you get easily scared I suggest you don't read it.
i heard that would be a catchers net for strom surge the same way a catchers net works to catch a baseball.also it would be the biggest catastrophie on the planet but i think bin laden will do more harm to nyc than a hurricane will
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