Baracoa Cuba's history with tropical systems
Current weather
(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given.

Years within 60 miles
1873br,1874br,1876ts,1878,1883br,1884,1887br,1894br,1905br,1908ts,1916ts
1924ts,1927bdts,1928,1930ts,1939bdts,1942bdtsbr,1949tsbd,1955ts,1958br
1959br,1963,1966,1975tsbr,1979br,1994ts,1998br,2000ts,2006ts,2007ts,2007tsbr,2008
32 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Hilda,Ella,Grace,Flora,Inez,Eloise,David,Gordon,Georges,Debby,Ernesto, Noel,Olga,Ike,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.34 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(6h)once every 23.17 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
affected in 2008

Last affected by
Sept 7th, 2008 Hurricane Ike passes approx 50 miles to the north while moving west with 120mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1878 sept 5th a cat 1 hits while moving WNW ,hundreds drowned.
1963 hurricane Flora moved slowly over the area with 75mph winds over 50 inches of rain fell kills 1,000 in cuba oct 8th sugar crops destroyed Newspaper article
1966 sept 30th hurricane Inez hits with sustained winds near 135mph 6 to 10 ft storm surge. 138mph reported at shore as rapid intensification happen between Haiti & Cuba. 5 Killed in Cuba & 30 injured.
1994 tropical storm gordon hits with 40mph winds dumping heavy rain on the area on nov 13th causing crop damage
1998 hurricane Georges passes to south also dumping heavy rain .most of cuba 4 killed 20,000 left homeless crops badly damaged sept 24th
2008,Sept 8th Hurricane Ike hits with 105mph winds from the east.In Baracoa, resident William Montoya Sanchez, 39, said low-lying areas of the city were unrecognizable after Ike's passage, with roofs torn from homes and trees uprooted from the ground. State media said at least 200 homes were damaged beyond repair as the storm-surge pounded Baracoa's seawall and rose as high as nearby five-story buildings, sending people scrambling away from the seaside. Authorities said La Farola road, which connects Baracoa with the provincial capital in Guantanamo, was closed due to mudslides. Gusts reported to 86mph,Damage photo | photo of surge | Ike model history


Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
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