Can hurricanes destroy the US ?

In2ThinAir was expecting a major storm end of october-he may be correct. The "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Storm_(film)" scenario could unfold for the US East Coast-states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM_gi38AhME.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-27/us-economy-unexpectedly-grew-30-q3-bea-ignores-impact-hurricanes-harvey-irma DJ; people invested in emergency food, extra petrol, car-repairs, had to rebuild their houses and shops-what an economic boost !

http://www.severe-weather.eu/mcd/some-snow-across-parts-of-eastern-europe-until-tuesday/ and https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/ Extreme weather killed 6 persons sunday in Germany, Poland, Czech-republic. https://robinwestenra.blogspot.nl/2017/10/severe-storm-hits-central-europe.html?spref=fb and http://www.thejournal.ie/storm-europe-2-3670686-Oct2017/ and http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/10/deadly-storm-hits-europe-causing.html?spref=fb

With the indirect number of people dead due to Maria proberbly far beyond a 1000 in Puerto Rico "Maria" is getting far beyond "Katrina" in duration-and slowly also in still rising death-toll. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Maria#Undercounting_of_fatalities. 

^DJ, the "bomb cyclones" striking the American North-East (Boston etc.) are similar to hurricanes, and all of these phenomena are being enhanced by global warming and climate change.  

With Florence, Helena and Isaac on their way the 2018 hurricane season could bring a lot of damage to the US.

Already extreme weather did do a lot of damage around the globe. Japan, China (a.o.) getting hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBMuYnaCGk In2thinair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwUdWsNckI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1PpAC4ruY Robert Scribler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguFxZz4WmE Levi Cowan/Tropical Tidbit

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

(DJ-Since a lot of hurricanes from the Atlantic first move west then north and east "we" in Europe often deal with hurricanes as (strong) storms. Sometimes those hurricanes end up as storms in the Arctic, bringing high temperatures and wind-so increasing melt.)

DJ-"Florence" itself can be very destructive for the South-East US. It looks like "Joyce" may follow "Florence" at the end of the week via Texas and then-possibly- moving to South Carolina-Virginia. Maybe even followed-next week-by "Isaac".

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ "Joyce" at this moment has a 70% chance of forming in 5 days in the Gulf of Mexico. "Isaac" is still in the Atlantic and expected to go between Venezuela and Cuba https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/030102.shtml?cone#contents

As I mentioned earlier-there is some statistical coincidence of hurricanes with earthquakes. Movement of large amounts of water=movement of pressure on the Earth's crust.

Several people also mentioned the risk for nuclear plants in the US. Nuclear (and other) plants need cooling water. Flooding can stop the influx of cooling water-overheating as a possible outcome.

Also energyplants need electricity to function. At Fukushima the energygrid did brake down AND diesel-generators broke down-this caused the meltdowns. Such a scenario is a (small) possibility for the US.

Extreme flooding and wind will most likely bring severe damage to the SE-US infrastructure. (Rail-)roads, electricity,(air)ports may be out of function for weeks or months.

Also many healthissues involved-spread of disease, lack of medication and care. This may mean the coming influenza-winter-season may see more fatalities in that region.

Prepare-stay safe-get out if you live in the area !

That's amazing, Chuck! Thanks! Its addictive

Great stuff, DJ! Thanks as always for your contributions!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvMMq1YTmI Robert Scribler noticing global sea-ice is getting even lower.

DJ-The several hurricanes active at the moment-both Atlantic and Pacific-seem to move towards the Arctic next week (and will bring us here in the Netherlands extreme warm temperatures +30C !!!).

So far the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Atlantic_hurricane_season looks "mild". Still extreme weather is more than just hurricanes. Insurence-damages may be extreme this year-also drought (=wildfires) and extreme rain-events are above normal.

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Florences-1-100-Year-Storm-Surge-Breaks-All-Time-Records (DJ-The loss of life in the US should and could have been prevented. Coming days will bring a lot of rain in the Eastern US-how much damage that will bring we have to find out.)

http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/09/20-kilotons-of-carbon-dioxide.html Iceland Katla-volcano. DJ-Arctic earthquakes may release large amounts of methane, co2 etc. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/unexpected-future-boost-of-methane-possible-from-arctic-permafrost "Unexpected" is this science ???

DJ-From a Dutch-most likely European-perspective the US way of dealing with storms seems to be absurd and careless, ignorent.