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Most of the eastern seaboard is vulnerable to serious hurricanes and winter storms like Sandy.
by jdminhbg 11y ago
Most of the eastern seaboard is vulnerable to serious hurricanes and winter storms like Sandy.
- Retric 11y agoNot unless your at sea level or would have flooding issues otherwise. Area I grew up in had regular flooding on the property with both a river and large stream on it, but the house was 200+ years old and never had water get anywhere near it. It's kind of a simple rule don't put your house within 20' of the water level in the highest flood anyone knows about. In terms of snow that's a simple trade-off do you want an actual winter Y/N. It kills off a lot of pests which IMO makes it worth a lot, plus you get out of the monotony of dry vs wet that most tropical areas fall into. Some people like going further north so rivers / ponds freeze ect but again trade-off.
- jdminhbg 11y agoSure, but the vast majority of the population on the US's eastern seaboard is living within a few feet of sea level -- the whole point of those cities being there is there proximity to sea trade routes.
- Retric 11y agoLess than you might think. DC for example is on average 150 feet above sea level. Even NYC is on average 33 feet above sea level. They mostly have to deal with bacements and the subway flooding in major storms. In general flooding is just expencive to deal with so people build there last. This is also why Katerina mostly flooded poor areas.