(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 1876bdtsbr,1878ts,1878tsbd,1883bd,1887ts,1889bdbr,1896br,1899-2br,1902tsbdbr 1908bdts,1916bdts,1928bdtsbr,1938bdts,1948ts,1954br,1955br,1975ts,1979 1979ts,1987bdts,1994tsbr,1998,2000ts,2007-2tsbr,2008tsbr,2008ts,2010br 29
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Hazel,Hilda,Eloise,Frederic,David,Emily,Gordon,Georges ,Noel,Olga,Fay,Hanna,Tomas,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=19, 65.52% H=10, 34.48%
Longest gap between storms 19 years 1955-1975
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.83 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (3h)once every 46.33 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 93mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2015 season
Last affected by 2010 Nov 5th Hurricane Tomas brushes well to the NW with 75mph winds while moving NNE.
This areas hurricane past 1883 Sept 6th , 85mph from the S.E 1979
sept 1st Hurricane David passes just south from the S.E with 115mph winds after earler being a cat 5 at
landfall in santo damingo,many killed here by heavy rains. David page 1994 tropical storm
gordon well to the west dumps heavy rain here killing 1,000----
1998 Sept 23rd, 80mph just south from the eastHurricane Georges destroys dozens of homes here & heavy flooding 87 killed in Haiti.
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.............
Cap Haitien,Haiti's history with tropical
systems
