Make the New Orleans Superdome and other stadiums bigger so they can accommodate all the refugees left in the city.
Hurricane Alicia hit the Texas coast on August 18, 1983 and lasted for about 24 hours before moving inland.
Hurricane Ike began on the coast of Africa. When it started it was only at the strength of a trpoical storm, then it grew into a hurricane. It lost power a little bit by the time it was in the mid Atlantic but it was yet still a hurricane form. By the time it was at the coast of Florida it was a powerful hurricane. It ended in Houston. That was when it did the most damage.
Hurricane Betsy made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana, near Grand Isle, on September 9, 1965. It brought devastating winds and flooding to parts of New Orleans and the surrounding areas.
The current record is Hurricane John in 1994. John started as a tropical wave of the coast of Africa and was followed into the Pacific ocean. There in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico, it turned into a hurricane and reached Catagory five before going into the Western Pacific then turning into a Typhoon. Typhoon John then did a oval track before returning into the Central Pacific. It traveled over 13000 Km (making it the second "farthest traveled") and lasted as a tropical storm/hurricane/typhoon for 31 days making it the "Longest Duration Hurricane/Typhoon"
1960 was the year of Hurricane Donna. It is the only hurricane on record to sustain hurricane force winds in Florida, the mid-Atlantic states and New England, if the site at the attached link is accurate.
The people On the east coast.
Yes. Advisories were issued on Sandy as soon as the storm formed in the Caribbean. Serious warnings were issued days before Sandy hit the east coast.
As a hurricane, not that far. She was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone just before making landfall at New Jersey's coast.
A hurricane warning was issued for Hurricane Katrina, alerting residents in the Gulf Coast region to prepare for the storm's arrival. Evacuation orders were given for areas in the path of the hurricane, and emergency response teams were mobilized to assist with rescue and relief efforts.
Hurricane Ida made landfall on the east coast in late August.
Hurricane Irene originated as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa in August 2011. It gradually developed into a tropical storm before intensifying into a hurricane as it moved westward across the Atlantic Ocean.
Millions of people were affected by Katrina. 1,836 were killed and an unknown number injured. At least 3 million were left without power and hundreds of thousands were evacuated in preparation for the storm.
Hurricane Ike left an estimated 300,000 people homeless in Texas, Louisiana, and other areas along the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Alicia hit the Texas coast on August 18, 1983 and lasted for about 24 hours before moving inland.
Bret remained near the Bahamas and off the Florida coast before moving northeast and weakening.
Hurricane Camille in 1969 along the Mississippi Gulf Coast
If your talking about the east coast of Long Island on September 2nd then you're thinking of Hurricane Earl, the second strongest hurricane this season.