HurricaneJosh Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Sort of tangential... But, like I said above, the strongest 'cane in the history of the Northeast USA (anywhere N of the Carolinas) may be the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635. Brian Jarvinen estimates the pressure was around 938 mb at landfall on Long Island, and it was probably at least a strong Cat 3. Judging by the track, the most severe conditions would have been on E LI, RI, and SE MA. The storm surge at the head of Narragansett Bay (RI) was a whopping ~20 ft, and Plymouth, MA, was devastated. CT probably escaped the worst, as it was just left of the track, and Boston (also just left of the center) apparently got off relatively easy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 OT- any regrets not visiting family and heading down to Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Energy Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 To comment on Amped's post, the worst winds are indeed on the NE quad of the storm, on the right side, not the left...if you are talking about a TC that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 To comment on Amped's post, the worst winds are indeed on the NE quad of the storm, on the right side, not the left...if you are talking about a TC that is. That is usually the case, but not always. There have been important exceptions to that rule, like Hurricane Celia of 1970. In that storm, the peak winds that devastated Corpus Christi were in the left eyewall-- and winds were much lower on the right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 OT- any regrets not visiting family and heading down to Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan? Yes and no. It wasn't a hurricane, so it's not really my cup of tea-- but the impacts were historic, and for nostalgia's sake, I would like to have seen how my hometown on Long Island fared. (It's on the Sound and apparently flooded badly-- not to mention the wind damage.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLaverty Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 P.S. Please post your pics! They'd be awesome to see. Forgot all about this thread... I have 8 books and 2 DVDs on the storm... Will start going through and scanning some pics. I have no idea how rare they are or how many people own any of the picture books, so my apologies if they are recycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLaverty Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 ""This film the WPA action when a hurricane whipped into the New England Coast around 1938. The WPA workers mobilized to help New England recover from the effects of the disastrous 1938 hurricane. The film contains storm footage all up and down the New England coastline."" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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