I am going to continue to be a jackass... ty for assigning that honor to me..
NYC is roughly 1350 miles from the initial landfall of Ida..
So far there are 20 dead from the impact of this storm on the Tri-State area
Philly was hammered, the Schuylkill way overcrested the banks.. All the little rivers in Westchester are flooded. Saw Mill, Bronx River, Hutch..
I87 has been closed near I95 since last night.. One of the busiest trucking routes in the country
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/heres-what-made-the-new-york-city-flooding-so-devastating/ar-AAO2fQC?ocid=hplocalnews&li=BBnb7Kz
I guess the question should be, why does anyone live on the east coast?