(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(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1871-2,1873bd,1874-76br,1880,1885br,1888,1893,1899,1909ts 1910,1926br,1928,1933,1934tsbd,1944br,1950bd,1951-53-59tsbd,1960bd 1962ts,1964ts,1976tsbr,1979,1981tsbr,1983ts,1985ts,-88tsbd,1995br,1999br,2001tsbd,2004br,2004,2004br,2005tsbr,2008bdts 38
139yrs end of 2009
Names from
list above King,Donna,Alma,Cleo,Emily,David,Dennis,Barry,Erin,Irene, Gabrielle,Charley,Frances,Jeanne,Tammy,Fay,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.66 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (14h)once every 9.93 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2012
Last affected
by 2008 Aug 20th TS Fay passesover the area while moving very slowly NNE with 50mph winds dumping heavy rain & causing flooding.
This areas
hurricane past 1871 Aug 18th a 90mph hurricane passes by to the West while moving north 1871 a week later another hurricane comes ashore just south with 90mph winds. 1873 oct 7th a fast moving cat 1 hits from the SW with 90mph winds 1880 a severe hurricane direct hit 105mph 1893 110mph Oct 12 1899 Aug 13 120mph approx 35 miles offshore 1928 aug 8th 80mph 1950 hurricane king oct 18th 30 miles to the west with 75mph winds causes heavy bch erosion & damage 1979 David 95mph sept 3rd 1995 erin to south by 50
miles with 85mph winds gusts to 100mph heavy damage to
beach front buildings. Newspaper article
1999 oct 16th hurricane Irene hits 50 miles to ther east with 75mph winds heavy flooding & many tree linms down.Moving North at 8mph
Newspaper article.
2004 Sept 5th, Hurricane Frances hits with 95mph windspassing to the south. . Many trees down,signs damaged power out for days a very large & slow moving hurricane,tree down at house on 810 cedar drive.fences down, damage to car.Cape canaveral Mercury redstone rocket tipped over.approx 6 ft storm surge.
2004 Sept 26th, Hurricane Jeanne brushes to South with 120mph winds by 55 miles,moderate damage to area, second hurricane in 22 days.. .
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.............
