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A 100-year pictorial history of NJ and NY’s storm-battered coastline and cities

A 100-year pictorial history of NJ and NY’s storm-battered coastline and cities.

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A 100-year pictorial history of NJ and NY’s storm-battered coastline and cities

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  1. A 100-year pictorial history of NJ and NY’s storm-battered coastline and cities "The great gale that blew in with Washington's birthday will not soon be forgotten. It was the biggest New York ever knew.” The first blizzard of glass and masonry in city history. New York Evening World, Feb. 23, 1912

  2. Christmas Day Storm, 1913

  3. New Year’s Day Storm 1914 – Sea Bright

  4. 1917 Cape May

  5. Rockaway Beach 1927

  6. 1938 Long Island Hurricane

  7. 1944 Hurricane – Ocean City, NJ

  8. Great Appalachian Storm 1950

  9. Hurricane Hazel 1954

  10. Hurricane Carol – 1954 NYC

  11. August 1955 – Hurricanes Connie and Diane cause record flooding in NY

  12. Hurricane Donna – 1960 NYC

  13. Sea Isle City – 1962 Nor’easter (Note the overwash fans)

  14. 1978 Nor’easter – Monmouth Beach NJ

  15. Hurricane Gloria 1985 – Seaside Heights, NJ

  16. 1992 Nor’easter – Brooklyn

  17. 1992 Nor’easter – FDR Drive, NYC

  18. Hurricane Irene – 2011 NYC

  19. Sandy 2012 – Bay Head, NJ

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