text: Manhattan got pounded in 1667 and by the Great Storm of 1693. They were followed by more behemoths in 1788, 1821, 1893, 1944, 1954 and 1992. Other "confluences of severe weather events" brought killer storms like the four-day Great Blizzard of 1888. The 1893 storm largely eradicated Hog Island, and the 1938 "Long Island Express" hit LI as a category 3 hurricane with wind gusts up to 180 mph.