Daily chart: America’s costliest hurricanes. Hurricanes that tear up America’s east coast in the way Irene did are rare, but certainly not unheard of. How much damage it caused remains to be seen.
A road broken in five places: ”Officials survey the damage to Route 12 on Hatteras Island, N.C., on Aug. 28. Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. Irene caused more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast to reportedly lose power over the weekend, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm.” Roughly 2,500 people are stuck on Hatteras Island as a result of this. (thanks kateoplis)
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Margaretville, N.Y., struck by Hurricane Irene-related flooding. Also, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was driving around in this, for some reason.
The Hurricane Irene-caused NYC subway shutdown, handwritten.
So, that’s it. Trains shut down.
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Nate Silver spreading the joy with some numbers:
The numbers do not paint a pretty picture. According the model, a hurricane with windspeeds of about 100 miles per hour — making it a “weak” Category 2 storm — might cause on the order of $35 billion in damage if it were to pass directly over Manhattan. Such a storm would probably flood New York’s subway system as well as acres upon acres of prime real estate in neighborhoods like the East Village, the Financial District, Tribeca, Coney Island, Red Hook, DUMBO, as well as parts of Staten Island and most of the Rockaways.
Read the rest of the article to learn how costly different strength hurricanes would be if they hit directly over NYC.
Happy Friday!
Isn’t $16T a bit much for even the total destruction of Manhattan? I mean, we could still pick up all the money after the fact and give it back to everyone else.
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