Story about hurricane season '06, target possibly Manhattan

on CNN. I can't even imagine; could be wicked. I guess it's personal; Dad lives on Long Island. Where do you go?
Head for the hills, I guess.

:D

I kid ... as far inland as you can get. Start early because the roads getting out will be hell!

That will be bumper to bumper -- but if you get an early start - stay on 17 and go on into Binghamton - not dead YET - and still charming.

Hendrix House.

Or get off at exit 104 (17B), stay near the raceway, then go 10 miles (past White Lake) to the Bethel Country Store, say hello to Cookie (the Croatian owner of the Bethel Country Store), look across the street to see how the house I grew up in has fallen apart due to the new owners' lack of repair, then enjoy some pizza in Mongaup Valley next to Valley Cone at the softball field.

That's my old home. I know the area very well! Just don't stay in Livingston Manor! Manor sucks!

Greatest breakfasts on 17 - waffles, pancakes, omlettes + home fries; good steaks for a diner.

I used to go between Binghamton and Westchester almost every week.

Live in Ct. now, but my Mom was born in Bethel, I was born in Monticello, and every time I visit my daughter in Elmira, I make a point to stop at the Roscoe Diner. Been going there since I was a child. My Gramps' farm was in Downsville, before they flooded the town for the reservoir!! Take a ride through "Cat Hollow" and up and over Bear Spring Mountain into Walton where the rest of my Mom's folks lived until they made the migration South!! I still have two cousins that live in Walton, the home of Breakstone's Dairy (now taken over by Kraft I believe) We had a farm in Delancy when I was a child, and my Aunt and Uncle lived in Livingston Manor for a while. You're right, not much there anymore. It is a historical site tho'. Oh Lord, I miss my beautiful Catskill mountains. DC

They sat Wilma out in Ft. Meyers, FL, and it worked out okay for them. I hope they have the sense to get out of any big ones hitting NY, but I don't know.

I've lived through 3 or 4 major hurricanes in NYC and Long Island with little death or severe destruction. A lot of property damage, but few total losses. Once, the lights were out for a week on LI, but nothing much worse happened. Some of us went down toward the beach on Peconic Bay to watch the surf (in an area where there weren't any trees to fall on us.)

Aside from doing something really stupid, like watching the ocean from your Fire Island summer place, there's not that much to fear from a hurricane around here.

http://www.72hours.org/

This is the Official City of San Francisco guide on natural events.

<http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/>

QUOTE:

The immediate affect of this powerful hurricane was to decimate many Long Island communities in terms of human and economic losses, however, the long term effects linger today. The '38 Hurricane created the Shinnecock Inlet and widened Moriches Inlet which, to this day, are changing the landscape of the south shore due to their influence on the natural littoral sand transport. History has shown that these powerful storms are rare but do in fact occur with long-term frequency. Case studies have shown that the next time a storm like the Long Island Express roars through, it might be the greatest disaster in U.S. history.

Lots of folks along southeast coast of Florida felt the same way as you do before Andrew hit. People along the coast of South Carolina coast had much the same mindset before Hugo struck.

Do I need to say anything about Ivan, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma?

were admittedly nowhere near cat 5 storms (David was a 2 here, but it reshaped the Hamptons beaches) I have no problems with even more severe storms ripping through where I now live on the north shore of Long Island. The South Shore has always gotten the brunt of the storms, and even in '38 the North Shore didn't get slammed too hard. Anyone living too close to the water, 'specially on the south side, should evacuate inland, of course. In '38, many of the deaths were those who didn't get across the bridge fast enough.

As near as I can find out, little structural damage was done to the brick and stone houses throughout most of NYC, and even the wood ones were fairly safe if not on the ocean sides of Brooklyn and Queens. Flooding of the electrical conduits did cause major electrical outages, and it wasn't a good time for anyone, but conditions and structures in NYC are a far cry from those in Florida and generally can withstand a really good storm.

At any rate, NYC has disaster plans, safe shelter setups, and enough other stuff to make worrying about heading for the Pennsylvania hills unnecessary. Back in '38, the storm hit with virtually no warning at all, crappier construction, and mass confusion and there weren't all that many deaths, all things considered, with most of them on the shore areas.

Should a 4 or 5 be heading this way, I wouldn't laugh it off but I wouldn't get hysterical, either.

on Oak Beach in NY. There were 3 rows of homes in front of the house I grew up on, and I do believe the hurricane of 1936 (?) was the killer storm. I heard stories of a person floating down the inlet in her bathtub.

there was incredible damage done in 38, and one could hit the shore just as badly sometime in the future.

But, inland from the shore, there wasn't that much destruction, and these days it would probably be fairly safe to just stay at home, or in a solid shelter, if one hit.

The house in Jamaica, Queens that I grew up in was a stick built house that survived '38, as did the others in the neighborhood.

Since when, CNN got into fortune telling business? :crazy:

I live in Washington Heights, at the highest point above sea-level in Manhattan. You're all welcome to come stay with us.