Hurricane Erin came closest to NYC, and also reached its
largest size, on 9/11 itself.
Interestingly, the
National Hurricane Center projected
Erin to be of stronger force than that of Hurricane Katrina…four years later!

How curious it is, then,
that this hurricane was
not mentioned or
shown by graphics on
morning weather reports?
Were meteorologists
absolutely certain
that this hurricane
would make a sharp
right-hand turn away
from New York and head back out to sea
before there was a
major threat of storm surges?
No…at least not
according to the
National Weather Service.

Hurricane Erin was
approximately the same size as the later
Hurricane Katrina…and yet the public was not widely alerted to it.

None of the major morning news shows mentioned the storm.


-Deep Dives