scholarly journals THE MARCH 1962 STORM ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
M.P. O'Brien ◽  
J.W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New England ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
The United States ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Cape Hatteras ◽  
Moving Storm

As far back as 1635, records show that the East Coast of the United States has repeatedly suffered from severe storm damage (McAleer , 1962). Most of these storms appear to have been of the hurricane type. Such storms generally form in the Atlantic to the east of the Bahama Islands and move eastward and then turn northward to sweep along the Atlantic Coast line (Fig. 1). Along the southern part of the Atlantic Coast the hurricanes move relatively slowly; damage results principally from flooding caused by direct wind action. North of Cape Hatteras the hurricanes move more rapidly (speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour) and damage is largely due to sudden flooding from a rapidly moving storm surge (Simpson, 1962). The combination of storm surge, wind-driven water, and storm waves inundating large areas along the coast has on numerous occasions caused great damage and loss of life. The great Atlantic Coast storm of March 1962, however, differed in character from the usual hurricane. It proved to be the most disastrous winter coastal storm on record, causing damage from southern New England to Florida. This storm, of relatively large diameter and having gale force winds, remained nearly stationary off the Coast for almost 36 hours . The size and location of the storm, as further discussed below, was such that persistent strong northeasterly winds blowing over a relatively long fetch raised the spring tides (maximum range) to near-record levels. The tidal flooding which attended this storm was in many ways more disastrous than that which accompanies hurricanes (Cooperman and Rosendal, 1962). The storm surge in tropical cyclones generally recedes rapidly after one or two high tides, but the surge accompanying this storm occurred in many locations on four and five successive high tides .' The great destruction was caused by high waves and breakers superimposed on these high tides.

The Post-Deportation Human Rights Project: Participatory Action Research with Maya Transnational Families

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lykes ◽  
Erin McDonald ◽  
Cesar Boc
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
New England ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Immigrant Organizations ◽  
The Right

As the number of immigrants in the United States has increased dramatically in recent decades, so has the number of human rights violations against immigrants in the form of arrests without warrants, detention and deportation of parents without consideration of the well-being of their children, and incarceration without bail or the right to a public attorney. The Post-Deportation Human Rights Project (PDHRP) at Boston College was developed to investigate and respond to the legal and psychological effects of deportation policies on migrants living in or deported from the United States. This unique multidisciplinary project involves lawyers, social science faculty, and graduate students—all of whom are bilingual, one of whom is trilingual, and many of whom are bicultural—working together in partnership with local immigrant organizations to address the psychosocial impact of deportation on Latino and Maya families and communities. Our work includes psycho-educational and rights education workshops with immigrant parents and their children in southern New England as well as a cross-national project based in the U.S. and Guatemala supporting transnational families through participatory research, educational workshops, and legal resources.

scholarly journals Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England, USA

Geosciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Ullman ◽  
Isaac Ginis ◽  
Wenrui Huang ◽  
Catherine Nowakowski ◽  
Xuanyu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
The United States ◽  
Narragansett Bay ◽  
Power Outage ◽  
River Inflow ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Major Hurricane ◽  
The City

The southern New England coast of the United States is particularly vulnerable to land-falling hurricanes because of its east-west orientation. The impact of two major hurricanes on the city of Providence (Rhode Island, USA) during the middle decades of the 20th century spurred the construction of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier (FPHB) to protect the city from storm surge flooding. Although the Rhode Island/Narragansett Bay area has not experienced a major hurricane for several decades, increased coastal development along with potentially increased hurricane activity associated with climate change motivates an assessment of the impacts of a major hurricane on the region. The ocean/estuary response to an extreme hurricane is simulated using a high-resolution implementation of the ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) model coupled to the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). The storm surge response in ADCIRC is first verified with a simulation of a historical hurricane that made landfall in southern New England. The storm surge and the hydrological models are then forced with winds and rainfall from a hypothetical hurricane dubbed “Rhody”, which has many of the characteristics of historical storms that have impacted the region. Rhody makes landfall just west of Narragansett Bay, and after passing north of the Bay, executes a loop to the east and the south before making a second landfall. Results are presented for three versions of Rhody, varying in the maximum wind speed at landfall. The storm surge resulting from the strongest Rhody version (weak Saffir–Simpson category five) during the first landfall exceeds 7 m in height in Providence at the north end of the Bay. This exceeds the height of the FPHB, resulting in flooding in Providence. A simulation including river inflow computed from the runoff model indicates that if the Barrier remains closed and its pumps fail (for example, because of a power outage or equipment failure), severe flooding occurs north of the FPHB due to impoundment of the river inflow. These results show that northern Narragansett Bay could be particularly vulnerable to both storm surge and rainfall-driven flooding, especially if the FPHB suffers a power outage. They also demonstrate that, for wind-driven storm surge alone under present sea level conditions, the FPHB will protect Providence for hurricanes less intense than category five.

Traditions and Customs of Lancashire Popular Radicalism in Late Nineteenth-Century Industrial America

1992 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary H. Blewett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
The United States ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Textile Workers ◽  
Labor Politics ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Late Nineteenth

During a decade of constant turmoil in the 1870s, immigrant textile workers from Lancashire, England seized control of labor politics in the southern New England region of the United States. They were men and women who had immigrated in successive waves before and after the American Civil War to the United States, specifically to the textile cities of Fall River and New Bedford, Massachusetts and to the mill villages north of Providence, Rhode Island.

On the nomenclatural reinstatement and lectotypification of Spyridia americana Durant (1850)

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig W. Schneider ◽  
Michael J. Wynne ◽  
Gary W. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New England ◽  
The United States ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Northeastern Coast

Abstract Southern New England and New York specimens of Spyridia ‘filamentosa’ were sequenced for the mitochondrial COI-5P and chloroplastic rbcL genes and determined to be distinct from Mediterranean (type locality) specimens of the same taxon. A little-known species name, Spyridia americana Durant, is applied to specimens collected from the northeastern coast of the United States.

scholarly journals HURRICANE TIDE FREQUENCIES ON THE ATLANTIC COAST

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis P. Ho
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
New England ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Flood Insurance ◽  
Storm Tide ◽  
Insurance Program ◽  
Evacuation Plans ◽  
Warning Services

Hurricane surge Is a serious and not uncommon event along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts of the United States. The most disastrous display of hurricane forces in recent decades was by Camille, which struck the Mississippi coast in 1969. The storm tide reached 24.6 ft MSL„ Reported storm tides on the Atlantic coast have reached elevations of 15 to 20 ft in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and New England. One of the latest coordinated efforts to alleviate losses from hurricanes — supplementing warning services, community preparedness, and evacuation plans— is the Flood Insurance Program.

Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of Long-Lived Marine Animals

1999 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marine Animals ◽  
Potential Yield ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
History Of ◽  
Yield Per Recruit

<em> Abstract.</em>—Tilefish stocks along the Atlantic coast of the United States have a history of rapidly becoming overfished. Since 1916 when the unexploited southern New England– mid-Atlantic stock yielded 4,500 metric tons (mt), there have been three 20- to 25-year cycles of rapidly increasing landings followed by equally rapid declines to very low levels of catch. Landings have exceeded the long-term potential yield (approximately 1,200 mt) during each of the periods of high catches, especially from 1977 and 1982 when the fishing mortality rate was three times that necessary to obtain maximum yield per recruit.

scholarly journals AUTOMATED FORECASTING OF EXTRATROPICAL STORM SURGES

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
N. Arthur Pore
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sea Level Pressure ◽  
Automated Technique ◽  
Automated Forecasting

The Atlantic coast of the United States is affected by extratropical storm surges several times each winter. The most devastating storm of this type on record is that of March 1962. This storm caused damage estimated at over $200 million. The National Weather Service has developed an automated technique for forecasting such storm surges. Statistical forecast equations have been derived for 11 locations from Portland, Me., to Charleston, S.C. Input data to these equations are values of sea-level pressure as forecast by an atmospheric prediction model of the National Meteorological Center. A sample forecast equation is shown. The method was put into operation in 1971. Forecasts are transmitted via teletypewriter and extend to 48 hours at 6-hour intervals. A sample teletype message is shown. Forecasts of the devastating storm surge of Feb. 19, 1972, are discussed. These forecasts agreed reasonably well with observations of the storm surge. Experience with the method indicates it to be useful and therefore it will be expanded to include additional forecast locations.

scholarly journals HURRICANES AND HURRICANE TIDES

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Gordon E. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cape Cod ◽  
Tropical Storms ◽  
Cape Hatteras

Most of the maximum tides of record between Cape Hatteras, N.C., and Brownsville, Tex., have been produced by tropical cyclones, or, as they are generally known in the United States, hurricanes. Some of the highest tides of record northward along the coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod have been produced by hurricanes. From time to time our “northeasters”, which are extra-tropical storms, may also cause millions of dollars of damage along the Atlantic coast between Miami, Fla., and Eastport, Me.

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