Vermont resident for 42 years and I’ve never noticed a hurricane behave this way. Sure, every decade or two we’ll get one that’ll ride up the east coast and cause problems for New England…
But for one to strike the gulf coast, ride all the way up (over land!) to the northeast and still drop 4-6” of rain, is something I can’t wrap my head around.
I’m used to storms hitting the south and then breaking up rather quickly over land. What was so different about Beryl?
I’m just curious, this is the 2nd 100-year flood we’ve had in back-to-back years, right down to the day… it’s crazy…
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observation bias; news is blasing hurricane news 24/7 now. remnants of hurricanes making their way to new england is nothing new. (irene 2011 being more severe than beryl)
however it is much more common with gulf storms than the ones that march up the coast. with normal weather patterns sweeping across the country west to east, and the moisture form the gulf and great lates there is a lot more natural pattern for the hurricane system to fall into before fully breaking up.
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