In the summer, in Manhattan, giant storm systems sweep through and create havoc—they rip off tree branches in front of your eyes, send trash flying through the air, turn every umbrella the wrong way out, and turn the gutters into rivers. They are violent and powerful, but they stay for only a fraction of an hour. I’m sure there’s an easily procured meteorological explanation for this, but I do not know it. It may be the drop of pressure over the ocean draws the wind out to sea faster (is that a real thing?), it may have to do with tides and ocean currents I know nothing about. But it may be simply that a strip of land one and a half miles wide on a good day cannot be stormy for long.
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
Summer Storm
In the summer, in Manhattan, giant storm systems sweep through and create havoc—they rip off tree branches in front of your eyes, send trash flying through the air, turn every umbrella the wrong way out, and turn the gutters into rivers. They are violent and powerful, but they stay for only a fraction of an hour. I’m sure there’s an easily procured meteorological explanation for this, but I do not know it. It may be the drop of pressure over the ocean draws the wind out to sea faster (is that a real thing?), it may have to do with tides and ocean currents I know nothing about. But it may be simply that a strip of land one and a half miles wide on a good day cannot be stormy for long.