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human
How far below the surface of the water does a hurricane disturb the natural state?
gpt
Waves have a decaying effect and are essentially noise level at tens of meters depth. The rain changes the composition of the water and that diffuses through the area but even a meter of rain over a kilometer-deep ocean is going to be a negligible change for a short time.

The change in bulk current and the flow of storm surge on littoral areas would be the biggest effects. When an entire bay gets sucked out to sea, that's 100%. Or when it gets pushed a km inland, or cuts through a barrier island, or creates one...