USGS scientist Owen Brenner walks across the Fire Island wilderness breach carrying a GPS backpack that allows him to collect precise elevation data in the shallows. Credit: Cheryl Hapke, USGS Release Date: OCTOBER 10, 2017 A study finds that although the “wilderness breach” created by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 has reached a relatively stable size and […]
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By Paul Peluso About 9:45 this morning a boat with one occupant capsized while fishing just outside of Moriches Inlet. According to witnesses, the 20? center console was fishing close to shore and took a wave over stern. The fisherman tried to bilge the water out but it either didn’t work or couldn’t handle the volume of […]
Read More Boat capsized while fishing the Moriches Inlet – Cupsogue Beach
Tropical Cyclone formation regions with mean tracks (courtesy of the NWS JetStream Online School) The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane’s sustained wind speed. This scale estimates potential property damage. Hurricanes reaching Category 3 and higher are considered major hurricanes because of their potential for significant loss of […]
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This is very unusual for Cupsogue and/or Smith Point or any other south shore beaches. Waterspout off of Cupsogue Beach moving towards Smith Point Credit: Bob Brown, Manorville A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water. Some are connected to a cumulus congestus […]
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Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on September 24, 2017. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg provided the following report: I completed another over flight today to see what Jose’s waves had done. The island in the middle of the breach was removed and the […]
Read More OLD INLET BREACH FLYOVER 2017-09-24
The Suffolk County Parks Department has closed the beach and outer beach at Smith Point because of water surges created by Hurricane Jose. The ocean side of Shinnecock East is also closed. Source: S.C.P.
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By: M.Borkowski Each season after season Beach Huts; Smith Point, Cupsogue, Meschutt and others were always fantastic throughout the summer to all lifeguards. We just wanted to express our gratitude, care, patience and daily efforts of taking care of us! Food, drinks and service were spectacular each day. I, personally, can assure you that salads, […]
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106th Rescue Wing provide rescue support to those effected by Hurrican Irma While many of us were looking forward to a kickoff of the NFL season, the South was bracing for the impact of category 5, Hurricane Irma. Several members of the 106 Rescue Wing were already helping hundreds of American citizens evacuate to safety […]
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Irma sucked the ocean away, people can literally walk on the ocean floor (video) By Jill Cueni-Cohen, 9/10/2017 Hurricane Irma is a monster. There is no better proof than the video below. A beach-goer in the Bahamas was shocked to find that the ocean water was gone at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning — all […]
Read More Irma sucked the ocean away, people can literally walk on the ocean floor (video)
By Ginger Zee September 6, 2017; 5:05 AM Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 blasting through the Caribbean this week, and Hurricane Harvey, a devastating storm that tore through southeast Texas less than two weeks ago, both began as a group of thunderstorms moving west off the west coast of Africa — which is how some […]
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