What is 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane?
[[File:Atlantic 1944 map.png|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Path of 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane}}]] The '''1944 Great Atlantic hurricane''' was a severe [[tropical cyclone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlantic Hurricane of 1944|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/greatatlantic1944.html|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222034852/http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/greatatlantic1944.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The entire [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. Atlantic seaboard]] was affected in September 1944.<ref name=ULI>{{cite web |url=http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/1940s/GreatAtlantic/ |title=1944- Great Atlantic Hurricane |website=Hurricanes: Science and Society |publisher=University of Rhode Island |access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> The hurricane struck several [[States of the United States|states]] from [[North Carolina]] to [[New York (state)|New York]] and central [[New England]]. The storm killed 300-400 people. It caused $100 million in damage.<ref>Emil R. Salvini, ''Jersey Shore: Vintage Images of Bygone Days'' (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2008), p. 164</ref> == Warnings == During [[World War II]], the US kept [[radio silence]] about [[military]] information including [[weather]]. The [[government]] was aware that [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]]s patrolled the [[coast]]al waters.<ref name=KOB>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/hurricane_irenes_predecessor_t.html |title=Hurricane Irene's predecessor: The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 |author=Kathleen O'Brien |date=August 28, 2011 |website=NJ.com |publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC |access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Hurricane-warning [[flag]]s were posted at [[coast guard]] stations and [[post office]]s. But [[Forecasting|weather forecasters]] wanted the public to know this was a [[wikt:monster|monster]] storm.<ref name=Schwartz180>Rick Schwartz, ''Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States'' (Springfield, VA: Blue Di