Long Island Hurricane History Webpage

[fjf31970]

New link to my Long Island Hurricane History page,also new stuff added to it!!

http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreast ... canes.html

Just thought some might want to know incase they have it bookmarked,
I had to change the link to my Long Island Hurricane History page(could not acess the other page to change or update the page,so I made a new page).

[HurricaneBill]

Good job! And thanks for giving Gloria some of the credit she deserves.

[Derek Ortt]

The problem with Gloria is that many still refer to it as a cat 3. The cat 3 designation was because in 1985, hurricanes were categorized on the SS Scale by pressure, not winds. This is no longer the case.

Just say what Gloria was, a cat 2 at Hat and a cat 1 for NJ, NY, and CONN that caused nearly 1 billion in damage. Just don't use it as an example of the worst that can occur to New England. Bob is a MUCH better example

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

I agree about Bob in 1991 Derek.

Thing I remember most about Bob pre arrival (in my own area of SW New Brunswick), was that people actually took the storm so seriously that they boarded up the store fronts on Main Street. I never saw this happen before with a storm (of course I'm fairly young; under 30). The center passed nearly right on top of my area (as a 50 kt tropical storm at the time); the rain and winds were some of the most intense I’ve ever seen (other storms had periods of briefly heavier rains, and a couple had longer duration or slightly higher winds, but none had both heavy rains and high winds at the same time too that degree).


BTW Fjf31970 good job, and keep up the great work

[HurricaneBill]

Bob was different from other storms. Usually, everyone talks about a New England threat being a Cape Verde storm or a long-tracking storm.

Yet Bob just seemed to pop up off the coast and hit within a couple of days.

[AussieMark]

I was sure Carol did same thing?

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

It did:



As did Ginny the infamous "Snow 'Cane" (in parts of Maine and parts of New Brunswick) of 1963:



As did Gerda in 1969 (just missed most of New England, but did a number on some places here):

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

*** BTW Recent research has pointed to Carol being (at least) a minimum cat. 3 at Long Island landfall, rather than the cat. 2 status shown in the above track map. ***

[Derek Ortt]

I havn't seen anything conclusive regarding Carol being a 3

It was weaker than the Long Island Express, which reanalysis found to have winds of 105KT

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

Guess I'm a bit ahead of you on this one champ:

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/12Tides.pdf

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

*** Not trying to be disrespectful with the above comment. I really feel Derek is one of the "champs" of these boards. He is a great expert, and I'm somewhat surprised that I discovered something that seems to have escaped his attention. ***