[quote=poorgradstudent]Talking about the East Coast as one area for natural disasters isn’t very precise.

Florida? Yeah, don’t live there. Your house will get eaten by a hurricane sooner or later.

But places like Virginia or Boston? They don’t really get nailed by tropical storms very often.

Of course, talking about the west coast the same way isn’t accurate either. San Fran has way more risks of a Big One than San Diego does.[/quote]

Huh? NYC city area alone has been affected often with severe damage 84 times in the last 200 years by Tropical Storms and Hurricanes.

Last year was Hurricane Irene.

2003 Hurricane Isabel.

1999 was Hurricane Floyd.

1996 was Hurricane Bertha.

1991 The “Perfect Storm”, with movie of same name.

1985 Hurricane Gloria.

1976 Hurricane Belle.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_hurricanes