Great, we need the rain but not the winds. This isn't even that hurricane over Jamaica, this just another nor east'r. Again
I stand by my observation that nor easters do far more damage to hatteras Island than hurricanes.
I agree,
Hurricanes blow in and blow out usually in a matter of hours.
Nor easters usually last for 3 or more days
In the 70s Kitty Hawk oceanfront was the area for houses to wash away one after another. Many of the recently lost houses in Buxton and Rodanthe had not yet been built at that time. And yes, it was mostly the northeasters that were taking the Kitty Hawk oceanfront houses. A lot of them were going in during the winter time. Northeasters definitely take their toll on the oceanfront, but they are limited in the types of damage they can do to the rest of the Outer Banks. They can cause soundside flooding on the east west running banks south of Cape Hatteras. But aside from these two areas, northeasters are pretty harmless to the rest of the property on the Outer Banks. They rarely generate winds above 50 mph, and that limits wind damage. Hurricanes on the other hand, depending on their track and strength, have the potential to severely damage or destroy with wind and/or water any and all property anywhere on the Outer Banks.
Not to minimize the hardship caused by even recent hurricanes, but the Outer Banks has not seen a truly catastrophic hurricane during our lifetime. Even one of the local commercial fishermen interviewed in this documentary about Dorian admitted the storm caused minimal damage compared to what it had just done to the Bahamas.
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Here is a story of just how bad a hurricane can get. The worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
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Well stated, EZ!
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