(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 1873tsbr,1875br,1876tsbr,1878bdts,1880ts,1882br,1886ts,1887ts,1888br,1894bdbr,1900bdts,1916bdts, 1928bdts,1930bdtsbr,1932bd,1933bdtsbr,1934bdts,1950br,1955tsbr,1958br,1960br,1963bd,1966br,1981bdtsbr,1985br, 1998,2006ts,2007ts,2008-2 30
times in 140 yrs end of 2011
Names from list above king,Hilda,Ella,Donna,Flora,Inez,katrina,kate,Georges,Ernesto ,Noel,Ike,Paloma
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=16, 53.33% H=14, 46.66%
Longest gap between storms 15 years 1900-1916 & 1934-1950
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.67 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (5h)once every 28.00 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 95mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected
by 2008,november 9th Hurricane Paloma weakens while stalled over Camaguey.
This areas
hurricane past 1932 on Nov 9th a storm wave invaded the area
killing 2,500 people from the south. Came in at Santa Cruz del Sur on south coast with 130mph winds & exited near Nuevitas moving N.E with 125mph winds.Monument 1963 Oct 7th Hurricane Flora does a loop over the area with 85mph winds from the S.E
. 1998 Sept 24th,hurricane Georges
as a cat 1 ,75mph dumps very heavy rain on the area from the ESE.
2008,Sept 8th Hurricane Ike hits just south while moving west with 105mph winds.Reports of 80mph sustained with a gust to 110mph 987mb Ike model history
2008 Nov 9th, Hurricane Paloma hits from the S.W with 85mph winds just before weakening to a tropical storm. 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.....
Nuevitas,Cuba's history with tropical
systems
