(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 1876bdts,1878-2bdbr,1883br,1887bd,1894bdbr,1899,1899br,1900tsbr,1901bdtsbr 1905,1908bdts,1916bdts,1928br,1930bdts,1938bdts,1948tsbr,1954,1955br,1975ts 1979,1987tsbr,1994tsbr,1998br,2000ts,2007ts,2007tsbr,2008tsbr 28
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above Hazel,Hilda,Eloise,David,Emily,Gordon,Georges,Debby ,Noel,Olga,Fay,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.96 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (5h)once every 27.80 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected by 2008 AUg 16th TS Fay passesjust South of the area with 45mph winds while moving west.
This areas
hurricane past In 1954 hurricane Hazel tore up haiti on a
Northward movement with 95mph winds on Oct 13th. Hurricane Hazel page 1979 Sept 1st Hurricane David hits with 75mph after pummeling the Dominican republic. David page. 1994 tropical storm Gordon brushes well to the west with
50mph winds but the heavy rain kills over 1,000 in Haiti despite being 100 miles
away 1998 hurricane georges hits well south killing 100 in haiti,Georges had
80mph winds at the time. Sat image 1994 tropical storm Gordon brushes well to the west with
50mph winds but the heavy rain kills over 1,000 in Haiti despite being 100 miles
away 1998 hurricane georges hits well south killing 100 in haiti,Georges had
80mph winds at the time.
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.............
Mole St Nicolas,Haiti's history with tropical
systems