Hurricane Grace is considered to have been, "the perfect storm." This was one storm that was sucked into the nor'easter and sunk the Andrea Gail, as seen in the movie, The Perfect Storm. This perfect storm produced winds at 85 knots. A buoy of off the cost of Nova Scotia recorded wave heights at 100 ft. The storm caused a reported 13 deaths, 6 of which were the crew members of the Andrea Gail. Another one of these deaths was from a helicopter that ran out of gas and crashed. Another boat sank off of Staten island that caused two deaths, while two other people were swept off in waves. One other was thrown off of a bridge to their death. The final death was from a traffic accident that was caused by the storm. This perfect storm caused 200 million dollars worth of damage, much of which was on the coasts.
To see an animation of the perfect storm click HERE.
Here is the track of the perfect storm.
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