A moderate storm?

The Nor'Easter this week was pretty nasty but, as far as I can tell, not a hurricane and not a big killer. Because of that it is worth keeping an eye on the impact as a baseline for other events.

• Video/photos of the tiki bar underwater got retweeted a lot.
• The beach erosion is pretty stunning if you haven't seen it before.
• The water in the streets of places like Ocean City seems like more than just a minor problem.
• The thousands of people without power hope that the power returns before their 5 gallons of ice cream melts.
• A viral video of some very wet streets in LBI near Ship Bottom

So what are they problems here? Is this the new normal and we should plan on a few disruptions a year? Is this simply the cost of living close to the sea?  Is this a harbinger of things to come? (Robert Kopp says SLR could 8' by 2100) Is it just a problem when people die?

We'll talk about it in class on Thursday.


UPDATE:

Ortley Beach NJ January 2017 after the storm @JSHurricaneNews @News12 pic.twitter.com/d8zzAZTSgt

— David Lospinoso (@david_lospinoso) January 25, 2017