From The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesHurricane Bob Was "Not Much of a Test"
WCAI: Are we ready for a hurricane?
WCAI, in collaboration with the Cape Cod Times, looks at hurricane preparedness on the Cape and Islands in a special series.4 clip(s)
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It’s been 27 years since a hurricane last hit Cape Cod.
And though that storm, Hurricane Bob, caused a substantial amount of damage, it was “not much of a test, because it was only a fairly minor category 2 storm,” said Jeff Donnelly, who studies hurricanes at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The last time the Cape was truly tested by a hurricane, according to Donnelly, it looked almost nothing like it does today.
