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tw · 09-17-2003, 01:41 AM

View ocean data bouy readings even 150 miles out. Ocean temperature is 82 degrees. Good water temperature to intensify any hurricane.

Always maintained that the Jersey shore has long been in need of a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Complacency is long too widespread. One small hurricane is absolutely necessary to bring sanity back to the east coast communities - and to see if we really are building properly.

A worst case scenario might be a landing on Asbury Park. Or in a hurricane this large, a landing in the Barnegat Light or Little Egg Harbor region. The resulting winds and storm surge would drive water into a bottleneck of NY Harbor, Raritan River, and Shrewsbury River. The resulting flooding would be widespread in Red Bank, New Brunswick, and througout NY Harbor. How many of these regions could withstand a 10 foot storm surge?

Better landing would be in sourther NJ coast. Damage would not be as major, but the lessons should affect every east coast ocean community.

A landing on the NC coastline would not teach much since they already have had numerous storms. Complacency is not so widespread there. Damage is mostly an acceptable event on outer banks. But the Jersey shore needs to learn a serious lesson about building million dollar homes directly on the dunes and beach.

09-17-2003, 01:41 AM	#22
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	View ocean data bouy readings even 150 miles out. Ocean temperature is 82 degrees. Good water temperature to intensify any hurricane. Always maintained that the Jersey shore has long been in need of a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Complacency is long too widespread. One small hurricane is absolutely necessary to bring sanity back to the east coast communities - and to see if we really are building properly. A worst case scenario might be a landing on Asbury Park. Or in a hurricane this large, a landing in the Barnegat Light or Little Egg Harbor region. The resulting winds and storm surge would drive water into a bottleneck of NY Harbor, Raritan River, and Shrewsbury River. The resulting flooding would be widespread in Red Bank, New Brunswick, and througout NY Harbor. How many of these regions could withstand a 10 foot storm surge? Better landing would be in sourther NJ coast. Damage would not be as major, but the lessons should affect every east coast ocean community. A landing on the NC coastline would not teach much since they already have had numerous storms. Complacency is not so widespread there. Damage is mostly an acceptable event on outer banks. But the Jersey shore needs to learn a serious lesson about building million dollar homes directly on the dunes and beach. Last edited by tw; 09-17-2003 at 11:28 AM.