LongBeachSurfFreak Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Hurricane of 38 for me. I think it's obvious what happened out east. But eastern Nassau was right on the line. And there are basically no reports from that area as it was yet to be deleloped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Should say HAVE experienced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I would say the Hurricane Hazel, just a bit east. It must've been fascinating to get those extreme gusts with the actual storm well inland and hundreds of miles away. I guess a further west version of the 38 hurricane would also top that list. IMO there's nothing more fascinating for an extreme weather enthusiast than a hurricane, I love snowstorms but hours and hours of hurricane force wind gusts are what most of my wettest dreams are comprised of. After Hurricane Sandy, I want them even more. The 2 hours of frequent gusts over 80 MPH made me want those real powerful hurricanes even more. I can't even comprehend how sustained winds off 100 MPH would sound like, the one 87 mph gust I got during Sandy was both terrifying and awe-strikingly loud at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Whoever wants to experience a major hurricane has to be nuts. Sandy was exhilarating I must admit but the aftermath was awful. I also wouldn't want to lose my house because of a 38 type hurricane. Just give me a massive blizzard, I'll take another 96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I was five years old in 1954 and vaguely remember hearing the wind blowing down the alley way of my home...sandy was the greatest tropical storm I ever experienced...Hurricane Donna was number one before Sandy...Sandy's winds were howling for twelve hours...The flooding and destruction was a once in a lifetime event unless you were 90 years old...I would like to experience the great ice and snow storm in early February 1920...After below zero readings a stalled coastal front and moisture riding up from the south...75 straight hours of snow/sleet/freezing rain and wind put down 4.20" precipitation from 17.5" of ice and snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmillz25 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Blizzard of 1888 or 1983. Or i could Remember the superstorm of 93 since i was 3 at the time. I remember 96 without a doubt and 10-11 obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Boxing Day Blizzard and Blizzard of 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeWeatherGeek Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Blizzard with 70 mph winds with 4 feet of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Whoever wants to experience a major hurricane has to be nuts. Sandy was exhilarating I must admit but the aftermath was awful. I also wouldn't want to lose my house because of a 38 type hurricane. Just give me a massive blizzard, I'll take another 96. You do realize that winter storms kill vastly more people in the US every year than hurricanes, right? It's so ridiculous to say "I'd love another $3 billion, 300+ death blizzard!" and then get offended over another man's hurricane fantasies. Just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Blizzard of 1983. No frills, no nail-biting, 20"+ snow event for the whole area. Could have happened again on 2/6/10 if the PV wasn't so insane. Close second/ties would be the 1969 Lindsay Storm and the 1888 blizzard. I would have gone with the hurricane before Sandy-after what I witnessed after that, I never want to see one again. Snow doesn't cause mass suffering and devastation like a hurricane does, and the effects are taken care of and disappear much sooner. My hometown is still recovering from Sandy's impacts. Of course, living in the South now, it's as if falling snowflakes and ice pellets may as well be hellfire brimstone ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The 1998 Derecho, I've never experienced one. I honestly can't think of anything else besides that, we've gotten everything but the kitchen sink over the past few years. The only thing that hasn't struck yet is a haboob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantHiatus Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Easy one is Hurricane Bob 1991 on the east shore of Long Island, and yeah ^Cfa. A decent derecho, but perhaps not historical. A shifted north version of the June 2012 super-derecho would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The 1998 Derecho, I've never experienced one. I honestly can't think of anything else besides that, we've gotten everything but the kitchen sink over the past few years. The only thing that hasn't struck yet is a haboob. I started that famous thread about the meteorological 'hat trick' Islip had a couple of years ago. Obviously a haboob is out of the question here. This is one of the few regions on Earth that can experience a hurricane, blizzard, and tornado. About the only other thing left, albeit not meteorological is a tsunami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wish I could have seen Sandy from the Ocean Parkway without dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB GFI Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Blizzard of 1888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wish I could have seen Sandy from the Ocean Parkway without dying. I wish you coulda been on ocean parkway for sandy too. Teehee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Hurricane Irene, the March 2010 noreaster, and the blizzard of 96'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 In one of the condos on the Long Beach Boardwalk during Sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Hurricane Irene, the March 2010 noreaster, and the blizzard of 96'.Those are all events you experienced, what event did you not witness but would've liked to? You can say Hurricane Andrew but a thousand miles north, wishing for widespread death and destruction is cool with me (as long as you're not the one actually doing it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Blizzard of 1888, Would be really cool to see banding with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wish I could have seen Sandy from the Ocean Parkway without dying. or the Belt Parkway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wish I could have seen Sandy from the Ocean Parkway without dying.There are some high points where you would have been fine. Down by Gilgo and you would be toast.I'll go with the great 1600s colonial hurricane which was far stronger then sandy. The only true major to hit our area. 38 doesn't count west of Nassau as the west side was relativly week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I will take another Sandy. It was fun to track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 You do realize that winter storms kill vastly more people in the US every year than hurricanes, right? It's so ridiculous to say "I'd love another $3 billion, 300+ death blizzard!" and then get offended over another man's hurricane fantasies. Just crazy. Most deaths in winter storms come from traffic accidents, just as tragic as being killed by a tornado but not entirely due to the storm's severity. And "300 death blizzard" seems a bit hyperbolic. Is there any such storm in US history other than 1888? Maybe some Great Plains event during the pioneer era? 1888 would be my first choice, preferably viewed in the mid-upper Hudson Valley. The combination of wind, snowfall, and subnormal temps exceeds any other event for which we have reasonably good data. IMO. 2nd choice would be the late Feb 1969 snow dump, experienced from my current foothills location. That event was especially noteworthy for W.Maine and N.NH, with snowfall totals ranging 36" to 56" (not including Pinkham's 77" or MWN's 98") and snowpacks climbing as high as 84" in non-mountain locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Most deaths in winter storms come from traffic accidents, just as tragic as being killed by a tornado but not entirely due to the storm's severity. And "300 death blizzard" seems a bit hyperbolic. Is there any such storm in US history other than 1888? Maybe some Great Plains event during the pioneer era? Well, March 1993 caused 270 deaths, January 1996 was over 150, and even the big February 2010 storm was near 50 (first two per NCDC, last one wiki). Hurricane damage is typically more severe in a small area near the point of landfall (sans big surge events), but snowstorms are much more widespread. I grant that many of the fatalities would be considered "indirect", but that's true of TCs as well. I'm not trying to argue that one form of disaster is inherently worse than the other, but some people seem to believe snowstorms are guilt-free fluff-bombs that melt out the next week with no ill effects. It's just a little hypocritical to thrust one's nose into the air and say, "I would never root for a hurricane like you masochistic, psychotic imbeciles. Now bring on some roof collapses!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 1920... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Wisconsin Ice Age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB GFI Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Xmas week in the TUG with minus 35 air at 850 , a weeks long stationary WNW wind with 2 college girls and no power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 96 blizzard. Too young for it, can't recall anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'll go with the blizzard of 1888 also...imagine the surprises for a weather enthusiast with forecasting what it was at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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