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Originally Posted by anarick
Not to take this storm lightly but it is only a category 1 and it is (as of now) 500 miles from NYC and all the havoc its creating already.
I shutter to think what would happen had this been a stronger hurricane.
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The problem here is not the catagory of the storm but the catagory of the flood potential.
The back end of the storm is pushing the sea water into Long Island Sound and once in it can't get out against the push of the storm. Add the fact that its a full moon high tide tomorrow night, the potential may be devestating.
Tides of 10-11 feet above normal here and nearly as high in NYC are more than problematic.