Posted on 05/28/2015 7:38:05 AM PDT by BerniesFriend
Edited on 05/28/2015 8:44:27 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
MIAMI
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Well a big one has to come sometime….
Sorry to be the bearer of”Bad Tidings” but you are WRONG(as per usual) Obongo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hurricane Andrew (1992) was THE BIG ONE hitting Florida’s SE coast ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaxihQsMXjQ
Uploaded on Dec 20, 2009
Hurricane Andrew was only the third Category 5 storm to impact the U.S. when it made landfall on August 24, 1992 near Homestead, FL. A reanalysis of weather data in 2004 revealed that the storm made landfall with 166 mph winds. Until Hurricane Katrina followed in 2005, Andrew was the most costly U.S. tropical cyclone in history, with damages exceeding $26.5 billion (1992 USD). This animation was created by resurrecting archived GOES-7 satellite data.
Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Most costly in dollars, but I do not believe in strength, certainly not in lives lost.
All this asshole does is tell us what he wants us to believe.
This may be the strongest.
Hurricane Camille was a ferocious Category 5 hurricane when it hit Mississippi on August 17, 1969. Camille’s 190 mph sustained winds at landfall were the highest winds ever recorded for a U.S. landfalling hurricane.
http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/surge_details.asp
I was just thinking about hurricane Camille and the damage back then.
Obviously construction standards were inferior to modern ones and no aerial photography or NOAA existed in 1900. All we have to go on is the after pictures and death tolls. Andrew was a massive category 5 storm with reports of automobile-sized holes found in the remains of walls of buildings. Thankfully, my area of the central Florida coast escaped the worst of the storm. It was the worst hurricane ever reported on the Atlantic coast of Florida, according to the NMOAA videos I linked above.
Worst for that area, but not the “worst” for the US, or even Florida in general, I believe.
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935—The most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the United States. A very small storm, this Category Five Hurricane tore through the Florida Keys with 180 mph winds, and a low pressure of 26.35 inches of Hg.
http://www.hurricaneville.com/1935_hurricane.html
Low information.
When the prediction came true, about 33% of the electorate would be telling the rest of us that we should have listened to him, and it's our fault. About another 10% would be cowering in their basements for fear of the dragon.
Someone needs to put a training collar on that Mutt and give him a jolt every time he screws up.
Winter, Summer, fall, spring, all that. Really, who believes in such nonsense.
Now send us all your money so we can spend it on taking your freedom away!
For Reference:
NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6
THE DEADLIEST, COSTLIEST, AND MOST INTENSE UNITED
STATES TROPICAL CYCLONES FROM 1851 TO 2010 (AND
OTHER FREQUENTLY REQUESTED HURRICANE FACTS)
Eric S. Blake
Christopher W. Landsea
NHC Miami
Ethan J. Gibney
I.M. Systems Group
NCDC Asheville
National Weather Service
National Hurricane Center
Miami, Florida
August 2011
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf
2004-05 were as bad as I care for with Charley, Frances, Jeanne and Wilma tearing up my neighborhood.
Thanks for that, good document.
I rode out Ike in the Houston area. That was as bad as I want to experience.
Yes, I remember Ike and suggesting you to get a window a/c for your garage when the weather’s hot, then for your house, when the power has failed and you’ve switched off power to your panel and back-fed power from your gas fired emergency generator. I haven’t had to use mine for 10 years but I fire up the generator every hurricane season ... which I’ll be doing this weekend to test it ... :o)
We do have a window unit now. It is mostly used as a back up for when either the upstairs or downstairs AC goes out.
Following Ike, the temp dropped enough to be ok with fans. I got a portable gen set, back fed the power panel and we managed okay.
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