Hurricane Gloria's potential storm surge
Hurricane Gloria threatened residents of the New York City metropolitan area on Friday, September 27, 1985. Gloria was one of the strongest North Atlantic hurricanes of the century, yet the area never received the full fury of the storm. Most of the coastal waters were close to low-tide at the time...
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1986
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3jd4vgb https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45323/ |
| Summary: | Hurricane Gloria threatened residents of the New York City metropolitan area on Friday, September 27, 1985. Gloria was one of the strongest North Atlantic hurricanes of the century, yet the area never received the full fury of the storm. Most of the coastal waters were close to low-tide at the time of Gloria's arrival, with the exception of western Long Island Sound. The actual storm tide (the combination of the astronomical tide and storm surge) for Gloria was similar to that resulting from a strong wintertime coastal· storm. Many parts of the area that are not protected by dams, seawalls, levees or other protective structures would have been vulnerable if Gloria struck at high-tide. The purpose of this paper was to illustrate just what might have happened if Gloria had changed speed and altered course only slightly. |
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