Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07
By the way... I grew up on the bay (south shore) and survived many hurricanes on Long Island that were much stronger then this one. The biggest problem was protecting the boat and keeping it from getting banged up. Then we worried about the sea water coming on land. Fire Island always helped to protect us from the ocean....
Much stronger than this one? They're calling it the biggest hurricane to hit us in decades. I've lived in NY city and Long Island my whole life this is the first time that we have had mandatory evacuation in the city and parts of Long Island that never had to be evacuated before. We have high tide to begin with and add the hurricane on to that and we are talking about serious flooding and beach erosion. By the way they are calling for winds over 100mph east of the eye which means Long Island is going to have a lot of trees down along with power lines. We have already had record amount of rain so the ground is soft making it easier for trees to come down.