I have put together the nightmare image of a category 4 hitting in New York, but For this scenario, let's name this Hurricane Beryl.
But, many say: NO WAY A STORM COULD STAY A CATEGORY 4 THAT LONG! Well, let's say this was the track of Hurricane Beryl:
Landfall:
TALKING POINTS:
Originally expected to hit Cape Cod as a 115 mph storm, nobody in NYC is prepared.
Surge is 15-20 feet on Coney Island.
Storm crosses New York Bay and makes second landfall near: Long Island, NY still holding at 135 mph sustained.
Storm then moves over the east river (DIRECTLY OVER THE BROOKLIN BRIDGE).
The eye moves directly over Chinatown, and the eastern eyewall moves over the city. Winds of 135-140 mph with gusts 160-165 mph occur in the eye and the eyewall.
Beryl's eyewall collapses around Manhattan and the storm weakens to a category 1 only four hours after landfall.
WELL...REAL OR NOT...THAT COULD HAPPEN...
It took me an hour to make this post...so let's start a good topic on this.