(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(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1887-2ts,1891br,1894br,1895,1895br,1898,1898ts,1903br,1909-2ts 1910ts,1916ts,1916br,1918-2ts,1921,1928ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1943tsbr 1944ts,1949tsbr,1954,1980br,1986tsbr,1987ts,2001 T.S,2001tsbr,2002ts,2004br,2007br 32
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list above Hazel,Allen,Danielle,Emily,Joan,Chantal,Jerry,lili ,Ivan,Dean,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.34 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits. once every 34.75 years (4h)
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2012 season This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be
affected by that year
Last
affected by August 17th,2007 Hurricane Dean passes well to the north with 100mph winds moving quickly west.
This areas hurricane past 1887 in December a tropical storm
hits with 46mph winds 1898 a hurricane brushes just north killing 100 people
here 1954 hurricane Hazel hits just south by 40 miles with 80mph winds. 1955 Hurricane Janet levels the
area with 115mph winds press 28.90
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.............
