New York City just missed a direct hit from Irene; a little more coastal flooding during that storm, and the damage to infrastructure like commuter railways and the subway could have been catastrophic.
New York may not be so lucky this time, as this storm tracker from the Weather Channel shows. Over at the great blog Weather Underground, Jeff Masters laid out the ugly scenario that could unfold if a souped-up Sandy hits the mid-Atlantic region squarely:.
In this scenario, Sandy would be able to bring sustained winds near hurricane force over a wide stretch of heavily populated coast, causing massive power outages, as trees still in leaf fall and take out power lines. This would create an environment that Sandy would thrive in, increasing its strength as it moves up the coast. Weather Underground had this to say:. The highest winds will likely be at or just below hurricane strength, but over a larger and larger area. It looks like Sandy will ride the Gulf Stream a long way north, so it should be able to maintain its strength as it passes the Carolinas with similar effects to Florida, but a longer duration of wind.
The Perfect Storm did not make it that far out into land, mainly just hit houses that sat directly on the water Sandy was initially predicted to be far more intense than the Perfect Storm was, but the Perfect Storm unexpectedly collided with a Hurricane, leading to a far more severe storm that anybody imagined Below is a video of the play out of the Perfect Storm In comparison there is Hurricane Sandy.
Just another Union College Blogging site. A report published by the city of New York outlines where the region was vulnerable to a storm the size of Sandy. It found that while some infrastructure like flood walls was out-of-date, the city also did not have sufficient plans in place to deal with the disaster. Most businesses and homeowners in New York City did not have flood insurance, having never suspected a storm the size of Sandy could reach so far north.
In addition to providing state funding to help struggling people rebuild their homes, New York and New Jersey also invested in rebuilding their outdated infrastructure meant to prevent flooding. Even in , some East Coast cities are still pushing for additional funding to rebuild dunes and barriers destroyed by Sandy. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at the time that his state's infrastructure needed to be rethought, not just rebuilt. Climate experts predict that extreme weather events like Sandy will become more common as the planet warms , warning that leaders need to both prepare for a more uncertain world and work to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
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