New England has been hit by four major hurricanes since the end of the Civil War, with the most recent one in 1954. From 1938 to 1954, three major hurricanes struck New England.
On September 7 1869, three ships observed hurricane force winds over the western Atlantic Ocean, between the Bahamas and Bermuda. The storm moved northward, impacting several other ships as it paralleled the east coast of the United States; one of them reported a pressure of 956 mbar (28.24 inHg), which indicated the system was an intense hurricane.[2] Late on September 8, it reached a peak intensity of 115 mph (185 km/h) with a pressure of 950 mbar (28.05 inHg). After brushing Long Island, the hurricane weakened slightly and made landfall on southwestern Rhode Island at peak intensity.[6]It was one of four hurricanes, along with the 1938 New England hurricane, the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane, and Hurricane Carol in 1954, to strike New England as a major hurricane, or Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale.[7]
1869 Atlantic hurricane season – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ed Markey wants the government to stop hurricanes.
Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey is calling on Congress to take action to protect the Northeast and other regions from the effects of climate change, in response to Superstorm Sandy.
Mass. Rep holds climate change meeting after Sandy – News – Boston.com
I hate cold weather, and would love to see Barack Obama sign a law banning winter.
Seeing the articles depicting the devestation suffered by our forfathers makes me again realize how good we have things today . And to realize these idiots promoting the use of alternative energy and the ceasing of the use of fossil fuels while having no viable replacement makes me realize agw advocates hate america and good living . If all advocates of agw would do as they say we should do I would atleast take a moment to consider their position . But we all know they want the rest of us to cut back our good lifestyles while they continue as they please . I have never , repeat never seen one of them do any substantial cutting back of their own consumption of energy . They will brag about reducing their carbon footprint but they do so in a superficial manner , and almost all of them are consumers not producers of the various products required in everyday life .
Those of us who live in the tri-state area have to think very seriously about how to protect ourselves against a repetition of Sandy—in a way, Hansen vs. Goddard is now irrelevant. But I have to tip my hat to Mr. Goddard regarding the land development history of New Amsterdam. Here it is, from the Times:
“Lower Manhattan, where most of the borough’s power failures occurred, is vulnerable to floods like this not just because it sits low in relation to the sea; it also juts out on heaps of artificial landfill, into the fickle waters of New York Harbor. It is probably not coincidental that the flooded areas of Manhattan, largely correspond to the island’s prelandfill borders.”
Yep. And Steve has been correctly pointing this out a lot by posting that image with the 17th century map superimposed on the current Manhattan outline.
What is even less well known is the fact that land reclamation ( not sure about why there is the “re” prefix there btw ) is occurring not just in NYC, but all over the world. In the NY Harbor area it has happened steadily from all sides, the East and Hudson rivers are actually narrower these days. Moreover, they have had dredging operations to make the rivers deeper to offset the land expansion but there are limits of course to how far they can go. They wouldn’t want to break into the Holland Tunnel I guess.
Mitigation to protect those inhabitants that live on the edges can be greatly improved by construction of higher seawalls of course. But just try to get the snooty city parasites to agree to that! They want to be able to take leisurely strolls down the various parks and watch the water and cannot have their view obstructed by a 10 or 15 foot concrete barrier that is only needed once every decade or half-century. They have their priorities.
Proper mitigation to protect the rest of the inhabitants whom live outside of the island can be achieved by construction of a seawall that is approximately 50 feet tall with inward slope and topped with razor wire and Phalanx automatic minigun emplacements to keep the vermin in …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZeeV1hO9fw