Regardless of specific location, Bob was worse since it was a more organized TC at landfall with a larger area of max winds. Gloria was on the down and out rapidly weakening prior to landfall, however Bob had just peaked 6-12 hours earlier and was slowly eroding at LF. Gloria's max wind area, say 85kt+, was tiny and confined to a small sliver of LI, compared to Bobs which enveloped all CC/Islands plus areas like EWB, PYM