On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:30:58 -0400, gfretwell wrote:


The other problem would be evacuation. New Yorkers are not going to
evacuate. You might end up with several million people stuck in
Manhattan with no support. The bigger the city, the less it can support
itself once the infrastructure breaks down. We have seen how bad it gets
if you just turn off the lights. Add a hurricane with all that damage to
the mix and you have the setting for a disaster.

AIR Worldwide Corp. is an insurance-industry analyst. On AIR’s list of
“the top ten worst places for an extreme hurricane to strike,” New York
City is No. 2, behind only Miami. New Orleans is ranked fifth.

A Cat 3 or better hits New York every 50-75 years. Fortunately, due to
geography, they usually hit Long Island. Manhattan has had only one
direct hit, back in 1821.