just because i'm a sick person

speaking of not adequately preparing for the worst, think new york city (or new england) is immune?

had katrina hit new york city, manhattan would have been submerged. fire island would probably be moved... literally. (fact: cherry grove is named for cherry trees that used to cover that area of fire island, not um, the amount of females that frequent the hamlet. in 1938, a category 3 hurricane hit long island and uprooted all the cherry trees in cherry grove - as well as leveling all of the houses. that same hurricane also created a new river in long island. and submerged providence, rhode island.) and that's just the least of the damage.

the 1938 hurricane was moving north at 70mph, which means that the winds on the eastern part of the storm were reaching 180mph (as opposed to just 110mph). that part of the storm hit central and eastern long island. what does that mean? yeah. your hamptons mansions would all be reduced to rubble with the 180mph winds. bye.

more from the new york times. wall street would be one of the first places to go. (oh and when they say "storm surge," they're not including the 20 foot waves that would be on top of the surge).

a big one is predicted to hit the northeast in the next decade due to the hurricane cycle.

of course, when it happens, we won't be adequately prepared. and anyone who thinks we should be prepared would be considered paranoid and psycho. so be it. like i said, you can't fight human nature. we hairless apes can be quite stubborn.

(and in the pacific, two typhoons are headed for taiwan. that's reason #12365 why china should leave taiwan alone: taiwan absorbs the first hit of typhoons before they hit china - and china doesn't have to pay for the damage. fact: "taiwan may be the place on earth most vulnerable to natural hazards, with 73 percent of its land and population exposed to three or more hazards." taiwan hasn't imploded yet, so i suppose some folks on this continent should take some engineering lessons from 'em.)