(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 1873,1875,1886br,1887tsbr,1891ts,1905br,1909br,1910br,1911ts,1917br 1928br,1931tsbr,1932tsbr,1933tsbr,1948tsbr,1954,1958,1958ts,1963br,1964 1966br,1980,1988br,1994tsbr,2005br,2006,2007br,2008 28
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above Hazel,Ella,Gerda,Flora,Cleo,Inez,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon ,Dennis,Ernesto,Gustav,
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) (8h)once every 17.38 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected by 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 floodi
This areas hurricane past 1873 110mph sept 28th 1875 105mph from the SE sept 12th 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.Hurricane Hazel page 1958 sept 1st hurricane Ella press 29.20 110mph 30 killed 1963 hurricane Flora
hits with 120mph winds killing 5,000 due to heavy rain reports as much as 57
inches of rain in 3 days & a 12 ft storm surge 1958 hurricane Ella hits
with 110mph winds killing 30 1964 aug 24th hurricane Cleo hits with 150mph winds
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 220 killed press 27.88. One half million homeless and damage estimates of 400 Million. 1994 Tropical storm Gordon well to the west dumps heavy rain
here killing over 1,000 people in Haiti.
2006 On Aug 27th,Ernesto breifly became a cat 1 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