re: #609 thedopefishlives

Absolutely. A Cat 3 storm, would have done phenomenal damage if it took the same path - LI would have seen the kind of damage witnessed during the LI Express, and if the forward motion was as slow as Irene, then we would have seen even more damage from the wind throughout the entire region. We’d be talking Andrew-type damage throughout NJ and NYC metro (even though Andrew landed as a strong 4/5, with skyscrapers and the kind of tree canopy we have around here, many parts of the region would be impassable for days or weeks on end).