Posted on 07/25/2016 8:31:33 AM PDT by rktman
No major hurricane has made landfall in the continental United States for a record-breaking 129 months, according to data going back to 1851 compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The last major hurricane to make landfall on the continental United States was Hurricane Wilma, which slammed into Florida on Oct. 24, 2005--129 months ago.
The 2016 hurricane season--which officially opened on June 1 and ends on November 30--is expected to be “near normal”, with more hurricane activity than last year’s “below normal” season.
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I think the issue is with the words “Major Storm”.
Sandy peaked at a Cat 3, Ike peaked at a 4, but both made landfall at a Cat 2.
Splitting hairs. Both were devastating storms.
You got a boat?
Cat 10 spinning up anywhere?
Not watching the news is not such a bad thing if it's ABCNNBCBS.
It did a lot of damage through tidal surge but was a weak storm when it hit. Better preparedness would have reduced the impact but we don’t measure a storm’s power on how much in Fabergé eggs get broken.
Why do they not talk about Hurricane Ike which wiped out Galveston and reeked havoc in our coastal area in 2008?
Nahhh. I get sick out in the open and they've jacked the inside fishin so bad it isn't worth messin with anymore. So I just keep to selling & trading boats with occasional repair work. And not so much of that even here lately. d:^)
And we’re off to a slow start in 2016. Alex was a subtropical storm formed in January that wouldn’t even have been named in previous years. Bonnie, Colin, and Danielle were minimal tropical storms at best. I’m not sure Bonnie and Danielle had tropical storm strength winds at all.
Ike was a Cat 2. This analysis is for major hurricanes only.
The name game is all about allowing insurance companies to screw policy holders.
Manbearpig!!
I think it is probably more accurate to say that the Gulf Coast, traditional landfall of hurricanes, has had no hits in 129 months.
It's tough to find a land based station that measured Sandy at hurricane force at all. Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, but the highest winds at Atlantic City were only 55 m.p.h. I think that is why it is referred to as Superstorm Sandy instead of Hurricane Sandy. "Tropical Storm Sandy" just didn't have the impact the media wanted.
(I know the NHC reported that Sandy made landfall in New Jersey with 80 m.p.h. winds. My point is that no land based station in New Jersey recorded hurricane force winds at all.)
Hurricane Sandy was a “Perfect” low grade storm. It was never a great and terrible one, just a wide one barely above a tropical storm.
It slowly moved up the Atlantic coast, doing damage all along the coast, then turned inland at the most populated area in the USA, New York City.
What made it so memorable is it went inland at one of the highest natural tides, causing a massive storm surge.
It was then followed by two blue Northers coming down from the north, adding to the misery.
OBVIOUSLY hurricanes are avoiding the USA because of global warming.
Obviously.
The East Coast was destroyed and won’t be a factor in the Novermber elections?
Pity.
Try the SciFi channel, disaster-movie-of-the-week.
Yesterday, it was "DinoCroc vs Pteracuda". Classic cinema.
Ike was a Cat 2. This analysis is for major hurricanes only.”
Splitting hairs IMO. As I recall it was forecast to be a 4. $30 billion in damages. May not have been a major hurricane to some but to those of us who lived here it was MAJOR!!!
I have been watching the Atlantic hurricane season. So far there has been just a dearth of them. There have not even been any storms to investigate for the past couple of weeks or so. Strangely quiet.
Anyone know why that might be?
Uh, Jack, I believe if you look in the tri state area today, nearly ALL hot air is centered in the Philly region. Not enough to propagate a hurricane. :)
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