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re: How prepared would NYC be if a category 5 hurricane hit?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:48 am to Hangover Haven
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:48 am to Hangover Haven
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Sandy destroyed them and it wasn't even a hurricane...
Major Hurricane or not........I was there and it was devastating. Long Beach basically had 4’ of water go across it. Most neighborhoods anywhere near water went under. Adjusters were still scoping houses 2 months after Sandy hit. It was bad.
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Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:49 am to Hangover Haven
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It was downgraded to a tropical storm when it hit huh..?
After a quick search, it was a Cat 1 when it hit the east coast.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:50 am to wazoo11
It would look a little like this.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:50 am to wazoo11
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What would happen if that made landfall?
It would be a blizzard of shattered glass and debris.
A number of older buildings would likely collapse.
Power would be out for months in most sections of the city.
The flooding would make Sandy look like a popcorn fart.
This post was edited on 9/10/18 at 9:51 am
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:50 am to Hangover Haven
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Sandy destroyed them and it wasn't even a hurricane...
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It turns Cat 2 hurricanes into "Superstorms"
It was downgraded to a tropical storm when it hit huh..?
It was a cat 1 when it made landfall
This post was edited on 9/10/18 at 9:52 am
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:54 am to GoCrazyAuburn
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I would be about the same if an inch and a half of snow hits Birmingham. Total disaster. Thousands dead. Work stopped for the rest of the year. Anarchy in the schools.
Biblical Hell.......looting, buildings set on fire, gangs rampaging all along the upper East Side and the Village also co-habitation and Woody Allen types fighting for appointments with their therapists who vacated to the Catskills.....the people in Queens would be all right except She Gueverra.....meanwhile in Jersey, Spartacus would be crying
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:56 am to Tigeralum2008
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It was a cat 1 when it made landfall
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NWS Confirms Sandy Was Not a Hurricane At Landfall
In a technical report released on Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reaffirmed its initial conclusion that Hurricane Sandy was no longer officially a hurricane when it made landfall on Oct. 29 near Brigantine, N.J., just north of Atlantic City. Instead, it was a “post-tropical cyclone” packing hurricane-force winds, the report said.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:56 am to wazoo11
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How prepared would NYC be if a category 5 hurricane hit?
About as prepared as we would be for an earthquake or drought--you know, things that don't happen here so we don't prepare for.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:57 am to wazoo11
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How prepared would NYC be if a category 5 hurricane hit?
On a scale of 1-10....probably 1.2 at best.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:59 am to wazoo11
Posted on 9/10/18 at 9:59 am to LSURussian
So basically sandy did an outrageous amount of damage, yet wasnt even a cat 1.
So cat 5, hell even a cat 3, would be unthinkable
So cat 5, hell even a cat 3, would be unthinkable
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:03 am to TH03
Oh go eat a dick. You know what I mean.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:04 am to fr33manator
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Oh go eat a dick.
Did a Cajun on the bayou braise it all day?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:04 am to KiwiHead
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Biblical Hell
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:05 am to ksayetiger
quote:The reason I know Sandy wasn't officially a hurricane is I was curious why the national media kept referring to Sandy as "Super Storm Sandy" instead of just calling it "Hurricane Sandy." That seemed odd to me.
So basically sandy did an outrageous amount of damage, yet wasnt even a cat 1.
So I researched it and learned that it wasn't considered a hurricane at landfall although it had hurricane force winds in gusts.
So the media had to create a hyped up term rather than just calling it Tropical Storm Sandy.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:07 am to Dlab2013
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Major Hurricane or not........I was there and it was devastating. Long Beach basically had 4’ of water go across it. Most neighborhoods anywhere near water went under. Adjusters were still scoping houses 2 months after Sandy hit. It was bad.
Wow, a whole two months huh...?
Incredible...
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:09 am to LSURussian
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So the media had to create a hyped up term rather than just calling it Tropical Storm Sandy.
Or maybe because it
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had hurricane force winds in gusts.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:11 am to TH03
quote:Like many other tropical storms have have always remained "tropical storms"?
had hurricane force winds in gusts.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 10:13 am to Barbellthor
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About as prepared as we would be for an earthquake or drought--you know, things that don't happen here so we don't prepare for.
Earthquakes definitely happen in New York
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