16 Unsettling Facts About NYC And Hurricanes
Get ready for Hurricane Sandy aka the Frankenstorm with these facts. Uh oh.
1. Reportedly, winds from the 1938 “Long Island Express” Hurricane made the Empire State Building sway.
2. According to New York City’s Office of Emergency Management, the last hurricane to pass directly over the city was in 1821. The storm surge was so high that the city was flooded up to Canal Street.
In 1960, La Guardia Airport was flooded during Tropical Storm Brenda.
4. A category 2 storm could put JFK airport under 5 feet of water.
5. The last major hurricane to make direct landfall on New York City was in 1893, 118 years ago.
6. Statistically, a hurricane makes a direct hit on New York City every 75 years. This means we’re long overdue for one.
7. An entire island near Queens washed away after a hurricane in 1893.
Hog Island, a one mile long island south of Rockaway Beach, was never after the Hurricane Of 1893 hit.
8. Hog Island’s disappearance is apparently the only reported incidence of an island being completely washed away.
9. If a category-3 hurricane ever directly hits New York City, the Holland and Battery Tunnels could fill with sea water.
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