Tropical Storm/Hurricaine Danny (Babylon, Oakdale: hotel, house, college)

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by newtoli

They generally do, but for now the forecast shows it having Hurricane status even when it is still as north as NY.

I'll be watching closely - even if it is a TS and it hits here, I'll be in for some major flooding trouble.

Me too...I'm in Long Beach...in a ground floor apartment. I pray pray pray nothing comes out of this.

[thebobs]

Gloria was the last hurricane that came directly right over Long Island (eye passing over us). Other storms either were remnants or passed away from us and all we got was beach erosion or the east end (Bob I think) had some trees and poles knocked down.

Gloria did plenty of damage arriving here as a category 2, was out of power for 5 or 6 days.

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by XLIGuy

Long Island is not immune from hurricanes at all. In 1944, a big one hit and flooded out Brooklyn. In the 1950s, a series of them came ashore from 1954-1956. My parents always talked about them and the damage done. I remember both Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and Hurricane Bell from August 1976. The streets south of Merrick Road were all flooded out in Amityville. With Bell, the eye passed right over Western Suffolk. You could see stars and it was so calm..until the next side of the storm arrived. Anyone else remember Agnes or Bell?

I don't. But I do remember going out when the eye of Gloria passed over us. I couldn't believe how calm it was with more stormy weather to come.

In looking at the maps of both Bell and Gloria, Gloria's center of the eye passed just a bit west of where the center of Bell's eye passed.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

I always keep hearing people say "we're in for a big one" but I don't know...hasn't happened since the 30's.

That's what the New Orleanians said.

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by WestbankNOLA

That's what the New Orleanians said.

but it's more unrealistic here than there b/c our waters are colder...of course we're not immune, but the probability here is less than it is in NOLA and southern places.

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

yeah but by the time they get to us, they generally lose strength. I always keep hearing people say "we're in for a big one" but I don't know...hasn't happened since the 30's. I think it will lose strength or move out to sea.

there's a reason insurance companies stopped insuring homes around here. It might not happen this year. It might not happen in 10 years. But it's going to happen...

[Jdawg8181]

Originally Posted by S.I.B.

there's a reason insurance companies stopped insuring homes around here. It might not happen this year. It might not happen in 10 years. But it's going to happen...

How could someone not have insurance on their home?

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

but it's more unrealistic here than there b/c our waters are colder...of course we're not immune, but the probability here is less than it is in NOLA and southern places.

Correct, especially considering how cold this summer was, I'm not sure that a category 4 is even possible this year with how cool the water temperatures are.

It doesn't mean a huge deadly storm coming from the Caribbean couldn't still be a cat 3 by the time it gets here, but there's a reason why we very rarely get hit with storms at their worst.

[XLIGuy]

Originally Posted by thebobs

I don't. But I do remember going out when the eye of Gloria passed over us. I couldn't believe how calm it was with more stormy weather to come.

In looking at the maps of both Bell and Gloria, Gloria's center of the eye passed just a bit west of where the center of Bell's eye passed.

When did Gloria hit LI? I must have been living off the island then. So I was not around for that one. My Uncle in Oakdale said it was a big mess.

How about Floyd in 1999? If it came ashore on LI, it would have done alot of damage. Luckily, it turned away at the last minute. I was in Manhattan attending a business meeting and at 12 noon, they announced that the city was shutting down. I tried to catch Amtrak back to Maryland, where I was living at the time, but the tracks were flooded out in Jersey. Metro North was shut down too, so there was no chance of getting to my brother's house in Dutchess County. So I caught the LIRR to Oakdale and stayed at my Uncle's house. Turns out my train was the last to leave Manhattan as the LIRR shut down right after we left Penn. I was lucky, otherwise I would have been stranded in Penn Station. All of the hotels in Manhattan were already full by then.

[CoolaTroopa]

Gloria, I think, was one of the reasons my family moved from the South Shore to the North Shore way back..