How Will Hurricane Irene Effect New York City

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Time to think about the unthinkable. What if a major hurricane were to pass close to New York City, as several forecasting models now suggest that Hurricane Irene might?

Apart from the inevitable loss of life in the most densely populated part of the country, history suggests that the economic damage could run into the tens of billions of dollars, depending on the severity of the storm and how close it comes to the city. Unlikely but theoretically plausible scenarios could have the damage entering the realm of the costliest natural disasters of all time, and perhaps being large enough to have a materially negative effect on the nation's gross domestic product.

Tropical cyclones in and around New York City and the Northeastern United States are fairly rare but not unprecedented. Using a relatively conservative set of criteria, I have identified 20 storms since 1900 that have made landfall north of the Mason-Dixon line with tropical-storm force winds (at least 39 miles per hour) or higher, 12 of which made direct hits on either Long Island or New Jersey.

The table below provides several key pieces of data for each storm. First, how close the eye of the storm was to New York City (specifically, Midtown Manhattan) at its closest approach. Second, what the storm's maximum sustained wind speed was at that time. And third, how much economic damage it was estimated to have caused.

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[sizzlinwitch]

*affect.

[cheerfulerik]

I captured the direct hit on Manhattan on my iPhone! I put it up here! Search this! --> Hurricane Irene DIRECT HIT on NEW YORK - REAL VIDEO!!!!

[KjvYaBoyIsHere]

Funny thing is tht (and i live in newyork) nothing happened it just rained.. i didnt save up anything i had electricity, i had water, i had gas etc... i dont see why everyone was so crazy about it...

[justice531999]

Ok what r u talking about???? I'm from New York and the hurricane wasn't a hurricane at all! It wasn't as hard as a hurricane should be! Massachusetts and connecticutt had the most of it

[hutchhighrocks]

Ha. The Girl Running! Theres gonna be a Hurricane && She is worried about her workout! Dumbasss!

[MrXkevin56]

Who cares nc needs the help not ny

[bobri289]

How come Irene caused over 50 deaths while Australia had two cyclones within 1 week of each other (one of them being huge category 5 Yasi) crossing nearly the same part of the coast and there was only 1 death (caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from using a generator in an unventilated room)

[saklof296]

You nugget babies NYC just got scratched by the weak stuff the first place Hurricane Irene hit was the carolinas. In Pamlico County, NC it was the worst. My school was almost destroyed and we have to go to another school and share it. Alot of people i know dont have homes anymore and there cars have been destroyed they lost their jobs and FEMA is just making it worse saying there gonna give people money and g

[TheChris1448]

i slept through Hurricane Irene, the worst was overnight, when i woke up, i saw the eye of the storm, a giant chunk of clear blue sky and all around it was the bad part of the storm

[segkts]

i was in the hurricane irene it was so scary i felt if i was going to die were i lived when that happend we had flooding of 6 feet of water i was swiming in the water

[brandonisawesome11]

the hurricane wasnt really that bad but the floods in battery park was 10 ft i think???

[AlexiaStarx1]

HOW COME IT WASENT FLUDDED WHERE I WAS WHEN IT WAS ALMOST TIME I WENT TO THE BRONX HOW COME IT WASSENT DLUDDED IN TYE BRONXX