Normalized hurricane damages in the United States: 1925-95. (See: Pielke, R.A., Jr., and Landsea, C.W. Pielke and Landsea (1998) calculated the total damage in 1995 Dollars to be $6.5 billion. However, thousands of houses and businesses were destroyed and damaged along the Jersey shore. The low death toll on land was due to well-executed warnings and evacuations, a result of the bitter lessons of the great New England Hurricane of 1938. Dawes (Jr.), Naval Institute Press, 222 pages). The storm was so powerful, it sank the US Navy destroyer USS Warrington (DD-383) about 700 km east of Vero Beach, FL, with a loss of 248 sailors (see The Dragon's Breath: Hurricane at Sea by Robert A. Of the 390 people who perished, 340 were lost on ships at sea (some of them servicemen on convoys). It moved out to sea again and made a second landfall on eastern Long Island on September 14, after causing significant damage along the New Jersey shore. The storm first made landfall as a Category 3 near Cape Hatteras. They show damage to the boardwalk and to structures caused by the "Great Atlantic Hurricane" of 13-14 September, 1944. These black and white aerial photographs of Ventnor-Atlantic City, Brigantine, and Barnegat Lighthouse areas were taken on 15 September 1944, and 24 October 1944. New Jersey has been struck with damaging hurricanes and northeasters many times. This was not the first major storm to destroy property and beaches along the Jersey shore. The storm, which killed 230 people, cause up to $75 billion in losses, according to the National Hurricane Center (2012 estimate). The project also includes realigning the intersection at 48th Street, upgrading the traffic signal at 136th Avenue, adding a left-turn lane north of 136th Avenue, and drainage improvements.Hurricane (super storm) Sandy caused immense damage to New York, New Jersey, and surrounding areas on October 29, 2012. MDOT is investing approximately $3 million to resurface M-40 from 136th Avenue to 48th Street. Reasonable efforts will be made to provide the requested accommodation or an effective alternative, but accommodations may not be guaranteed. Please contact Orlando Curry at 51 or complete Form 2658 for American Sign Language (ASL) located on the Title VI webpage: Requests should be made at least five days prior to the meeting date. Large print materials, auxiliary aids or the services of interpreters, signers, or readers are available upon request. The public is invited to stop by anytime during the meeting to learn more about the project and provide comments.Īccommodations can be made for persons who require mobility, visual, hearing, written, or other assistance for participation. MDOT officials will provide project details, current scheduling information, and the traffic maintenance plan. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is hosting a public meeting on next month’s project to improve M-40 (Lincoln Avenue) from 136th Avenue to 48th Street in the city of Hamilton.
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