Re: A large portion of the US and its government and people are soon to be very vulnerable - Sca
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seahawkmjk on 8/25/2011, 3:37 pm
The Weather Channel did exactly such an episode on New York being hit by a major hurricane in its show It Could Happen Tomorrow http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/on-tv-43/it-could-happen-tomorrow-201/what-if-a-major-hurricane-hit-new-york-city-2981
Steve Lyons even blogged about it in 2006!!.. It is an interesting read.
http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_8511.html?from=blog_comment_mainindex#comment
". "It Could Happen Tomorrow." The first episode deals with a hurricane the size and intensity of the 1938 Long Island Express taking a track just a bit farther west and bringing the strongest part directly across the NYC metro area. "..
"Back over open water Disaster taps a developing jet stream outflow to its north and quickly strengthens once again to category 4 off southern Georgia. It accelerates on the southern edge of a sharpening jet stream and narrowly misses making landfall in North Carolina. Though a near miss, the left eyewall crushes Wilmington and all of Cape Hatteras with category 2 and 3 hurricane force winds.
Hurricane Disaster, now moving at more than 50 mph, continues to accelerate north (very similar to the 1938 hurricane). As the strong autumn jet stream tilts toward the NNW it steers Disaster into western Long Island and New York City. The 60 mph forward motion allows time for only one category of weakening; it hits New York as a major hurricane. Surge floods Manhattan's subway system as Wall Street goes under water. Winds blast the windows from high rise buildings; massive power outages occur. Some airports are under water.
The upper-level trough that has steered Disaster NNW continues to cut off into an intense upper-level cyclone. Hurricane Disaster merges with it and meanders over New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. Record rains flood low-lying areas and cause widespread stream and river flooding. Roads are impassible. '
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