(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 1873,1875,1878tsbr,1886br,1887ts,1896tsbr,1898tsbr,1901ts,1903br,1905ts,1908tsbr,1910,1915,1917 1928br,1931ts,1932ts,1933ts,1944,1954,1958,1963,1964 1966br,1967br,1974tsbr,1980,1988,2006,2007br,2008,2010br 32
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Hazel,Ella,Flora,Cleo,Inez,Beulah,Carmen,Allen,Gilbert, Ernesto,Dean,Gustav,Tomas,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=11,34.38% H=21,65.63%
Longest gap between storms 10 years 1917-1928
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.38 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours) (14h)once every 10.00 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 113mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2015 season
Last affected by 2010 Nov 5th Hurricane Tomas passes over 50 miles to the west while moving NNE with 80mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1873 ,110mph sept 28th from the S.E just north. 1875 ,105mph from the ESE sept 12th 1910 Sept 8th,80mph from the east passes just south 1915 Aug 12th,105mph from the ESE passes just south 1917 Sept 22nd,95mph from the ESE passes just south 1944 Aug 20th,120mph to the south from the ESE 1954 Hazel hit oct 11th with 125mph winds & the city
of Jacmel was under water from heavy rains between 400 & 1,000 killed,40% of coffee crops destroyed from the south..Hurricane Hazel page 1958 sept 1st hurricane Ella press 29.20, 110mph 30 killed from the S.E 1963 Oct 3rd,hurricane Flora
hits with 130mph winds from the SSE killing 5,000 due to heavy rain reports as much as 57
inches of rain in 3 days & a 12 ft storm surge 1964 aug 24th hurricane Cleo hits with 150mph winds from the ESE
killing 192 from flooding & storm surge,an 18 mile wide swath of destruction press 28.03 4 days of hurricane force winds.Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. 1980 hurricane allen aug 5th 160mph winds here just south from the ESE , 220 killed press 27.88. One half million homeless and damage estimates of 400 Million. 1988 Sept 12th,Hurricane Gilbert passes to south with 125mph winds from the ESE
2006 On Aug 27th,Ernesto breifly became a cat 1 .75mph Hurricane while moving N.W just SW of here.5 killed in Haiti hundreds of homes damaged.
2008 Aug 26th Hurricane Gustav hits just north with 90mph while weakening to T.S while slowly moving W.N.W killing 51 in Haiti due to flooding. Gustav model history
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.............
Port salut-Jeremie,Haiti's history with tropical
systems
