exacerbated hazel's deadly force, creating a 17-foot storm surge that swept away 352 to structures on oak island. then a swath through virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york and all the way to ontario canada. it would be 31 years until the next really big one, hurricane gloria. a cat-4 when it hit the bahamas. still packed a punch enough to dawn trees and power lines from cape hatteras to long island, 8 people died. a total much lower than feared because the hurricane arrived at low tide. then came bob in 1991 which made landfall between new york and rhode island's narragansett bay. thousands packed shelters. yet others refused to leave.