![]() ![]() In addition to this storm’s legacy in popular culture, however, the storm’s evolution is noteworthy. These tempests, called “nor’easters” in the Atlantic states, have sunk many ocean vessels ( Mcgahee 2008), and indeed, The Perfect Storm lived up to this reputation with the Andrea Gail. ![]() The contrast between two very dissimilar air masses (i.e., cold to the west and warm to the east) often results in massive storms just offshore North America. To the east, the Atlantic Ocean loses its stored summer heat more slowly than the continent, and hurricanes sometimes form over the warm waters. To the west, cold Canadian air masses regularly envelope the Midwest. In late October and November the eastern United States experiences rapid changes in weather. Rather, it was “an extraordinary confluence of atmospheric ingredients” and “unique in its evolution” ( Ostro 2006). Oddly, this storm was neither one of the worst in terms of wind severity or precipitation nor in overall impact to people and property. On 30 October 1991, this nor’easter reached peak intensity when it was 340 miles (547 km) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but the storm had been building since 28 October 1991 when it killed the six crew members of the Andrea Gail. The Perfect Storm makes landfall along the North Atlantic seaboard, October 30, 1991.Īlso known as the Halloween Storm, “The Perfect Storm” of literary and Hollywood fame wracked the Atlantic seaboard in late October 1991 and sunk the Andrea Gail.
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