Great Exuma Bahamas 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
1877ts,1877tsbr,1883,1887tsbr,1888ts,1891br,1898tsbr,1903,1908,1926,1926
1928tsbr,1928,1931ts,1932ts,1932,1934tsbr,1935ts,1937ts,1938tsbr,1942-2tsbr,1946tsbr
1949br,1952br,1956ts,1960br,1979br,1981-2tsbr,1995,1996,2005ts
33 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Fox,Carla,Donna,David,Arlene,Gert,Fran,Lili,Rita,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.21 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(9h)once every 15.44 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2010 season

Last affected by
2005 sept 19th a developing Tropical storm Rita hits with 70mph winds while moving west south of the island.

This areas hurricane past
1883 90mph sept 8th from the south 106 killed in bahamas passed just west of here
1926 July 26th 140mph winds destroy approx 90% of homes,1000 left homeless. Nine deaths reported on island.
1928 sept 16th a hurricane with 155mph passes right over the island but only slight damage reported
1963 hurricane Flora bruashes to the south while moving N.E heavy damage
1996 hurricane lili hits oct 19th with 105mph winds press 28.44 sustained winds in area recorded at 80mph from S.W Moving E.N.E at 23 mph moderate damage.


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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