Reality Check on Sandy: Warmists ‘insist Sandy was ‘unprecedented’ and ‘proof that climate change is real’
'However, devastating hurricanes have struck New York, New Jersey and Canada's Maritime Provinces many times over the centuries. Newfoundland's deadliest hurricane killed 4,000 people in 1775, while Category 1 to 3 storms hit the provinces in 1866, 1873, 1886, 1893, 1939, 1959, 1963 and 2003. New York City was hammered by major storms in 1693, 1788, 1821, 1893, the 1938 'Long Island Express,' 1944 and 1954'