[Texas Eagle]

Was Isabel the FIRST of a New Wave of Big, Bad, Atlantic Hurricanes? ......

Only three Category 5 storms have hit the U.S. over the past 100 years — Andrew, Camille and the Labor Day storm of 1935--and Isabel was not one of them.

Uhhhhhhh.....

[dix]

I’ve just finished another book about the 1900 storm that hit Galveston which I think is the worst disaster in U.S. history (6000 dead). The highest recorded winds were 120 miles an hour. I think there are other factors besides the strength of the storm that determine the damage. The worst hurricane I can remember is Carla in ‘62. She was a real bitch. If anybody knows how high the winds were, and how much rain she brought let me know.