Sandy’s alleged ‘Unprecedented’ Storm Surge: ‘New England was hit by at least 5 hurricanes producing greater than 3 m storm surges
'Analysis of sediment cores led to the conclusion 'that at least seven hurricanes of intensity sufficient to produce storm surge capable of overtopping the barrier beach (>3 m) at Succotash Marsh have made landfall in southern New England in the past 700 yr.” All seven of those storms occurred prior to 1960'
