Talk:New England Hurricane of 1938
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[edit] Terminology
Note that this event is never to my knowledge called the "Long Island Express" outside of New York. In Rhode Island and Connecticut, it is always the "1938 Hurricane" or "Hurricane of '38" or some such terminology. "Great Hurricane" seems to be a term used only in newspapers and encyclopedia articles. Zigamorph 03:32, 2 September 2005 (UTC).
- Well, I had never heard of this terminology other than that this hurricane has always been "The Great New England Hurricane." I was 7 years old when it hit the New York State area where I lived. I watched through the back window of our house as the rain belted down and the trees blew. What worried me was that the apples on our 3 apple trees might blow away in the wind. (They hung on there OK) So today, living here in Texas, we came through hurricane RITA just fine and hope that that rascally storm does not come back on south again into the Gulf of Mexico to bite at us once more. It is said that this might happen. 69.44.61.48 23:15, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
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- For consistency with other Wikipedia names it should just be the 1938 New England Hurricane (or maybe New England Hurricane of 1938; this should be discussed with other hurricane people). The other names should of course also be mentioned in the article - which I have now done. However the article should probably be moved to match the name. Jdorje 22:45, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
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- There didn't appear to be any disputes about the moving of this page, so I just went ahead and moved it. —Cleared as filed. 22:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Todo
Decent content for a storm this old. Still, more impact is needed, particularly more specific data about places that were damaged. Also a better intro, fix some wording, etc. Jdorje 04:48, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 5 vs. 3
To my knowledge no recorded Hurricane 5 has ever ever hit the northeast U.S. (although inevitable). This storm was a 3 but was devastating because it hit at high tide. --Americasroof 05:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- It was a category 5 over water, and the infobox denotes its maximum intensity. This may be the source of your confusion. -Runningonbrains 00:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] $306 million 1938 USD = ?? 2005 USD
Where does that 6 billion 2004 dollar figure come from? Because this site disagrees. And is there a way to get 2005, assuming the link here is incorrect?
- Straight from NHC. NHC says $5.971 billion, which was rounded to 6. Hurricanehink (talk) 13:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
