Hit and Misses of Storms and Hurricanes in Puerto Rico

[cycloneye]

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TJSJ_all_isl.htm

For those who might not know the history of canes that had made landfall and those which haved been nearmisses for Puerto Rico in the past centuries here I am sharing this piece of information.

Puerto Rico is located at hurricane alley and there are the results of being in this area.Plenty of landfalls of storms and hurricanes some of them majors but also many near misses and that is why every year here in the island we prepare because you never know if this will be the year that a cane will hit the island.Of course the records of the canes in the 19th centurie are suspisious because at that time no sattelites were up there to monitor the systems.

The most strongest cane ever to make landfall as a cat 5 was in 1928 when San Felipe came with 160 mph maximum winds with gusts of 200 mph and caused 312 deaths.

The last cane to make landfall in Puerto Rico was Georges in September 21,1998 so it has been 8 years without any direct threat but will this 2006 will see a cane making landfall in Puerto Rico?Well time will tell but the best we can do here is to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best that those Cape Verde systems go away from the caribbean but we will see about the pattern that will be in the atlantic at the time of the peak by august and september.Will our tranquil period end in 2006?

[DESTRUCTION5]

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TJSJ_all_isl.htm

For those who might not know the history of canes that had made landfall and those which haved been nearmisses for Puerto Rico in the past centuries here I am sharing this piece of information.

Puerto Rico is located at hurricane alley and there are the results of being in this area.Plenty of landfalls of storms and hurricanes some of them majors but also many near misses and that is why every year here in the island we prepare because you never know if this will be the year that a cane will hit the island.Of course the records of the canes in the 19th centurie are suspisious because at that time no sattelites were up there to monitor the systems.

The most strongest cane ever to make landfall as a cat 5 was in 1928 when San Felipe came with 160 mph maximum winds with gusts of 200 mph and caused 312 deaths.

The last cane to make landfall in Puerto Rico was Georges in September 21,1998 so it has been 8 years without any direct threat but will this 2006 will see a cane making landfall in Puerto Rico?Well time will tell but the best we can do here is to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best that those Cape Verde systems go away from the caribbean but we will see about the pattern that will be in the atlantic at the time of the peak by august and september.Will our tranquil period end in 2006?

Jeanne Got you? no Luis?

[cycloneye]

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TJSJ_all_isl.htm

For those who might not know the history of canes that had made landfall and those which haved been nearmisses for Puerto Rico in the past centuries here I am sharing this piece of information.

Puerto Rico is located at hurricane alley and there are the results of being in this area.Plenty of landfalls of storms and hurricanes some of them majors but also many near misses and that is why every year here in the island we prepare because you never know if this will be the year that a cane will hit the island.Of course the records of the canes in the 19th centurie are suspisious because at that time no sattelites were up there to monitor the systems.

The most strongest cane ever to make landfall as a cat 5 was in 1928 when San Felipe came with 160 mph maximum winds with gusts of 200 mph and caused 312 deaths.

The last cane to make landfall in Puerto Rico was Georges in September 21,1998 so it has been 8 years without any direct threat but will this 2006 will see a cane making landfall in Puerto Rico?Well time will tell but the best we can do here is to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best that those Cape Verde systems go away from the caribbean but we will see about the pattern that will be in the atlantic at the time of the peak by august and september.Will our tranquil period end in 2006?

Jeanne Got you? no Luis?

Yes but as a tropical storm not as a hurricane.

[DESTRUCTION5]

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TJSJ_all_isl.htm

For those who might not know the history of canes that had made landfall and those which haved been nearmisses for Puerto Rico in the past centuries here I am sharing this piece of information.

Puerto Rico is located at hurricane alley and there are the results of being in this area.Plenty of landfalls of storms and hurricanes some of them majors but also many near misses and that is why every year here in the island we prepare because you never know if this will be the year that a cane will hit the island.Of course the records of the canes in the 19th centurie are suspisious because at that time no sattelites were up there to monitor the systems.

The most strongest cane ever to make landfall as a cat 5 was in 1928 when San Felipe came with 160 mph maximum winds with gusts of 200 mph and caused 312 deaths.

The last cane to make landfall in Puerto Rico was Georges in September 21,1998 so it has been 8 years without any direct threat but will this 2006 will see a cane making landfall in Puerto Rico?Well time will tell but the best we can do here is to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best that those Cape Verde systems go away from the caribbean but we will see about the pattern that will be in the atlantic at the time of the peak by august and september.Will our tranquil period end in 2006?

Jeanne Got you? no Luis?

Yes but as a tropical storm not as a hurricane.

Ahh OK I swore she was a 75MPH Cat 1..Maybe Im thinking DR..

[cycloneye]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sju/jeanne.html



Destruction5 almost was a hurricane (70mph) as it made landfall here.Read the Jeanne report at link.

[EDR1222]

It is interesting that eight years have gone by with Puerto Rico receiving a direct hit, especially considering how active most of those years have been. I guess it is just one of those things where somtimes certain areas just get picked on more than others and then once one affects your area, then you usually get another. It seemed to happen that way for Puerto Rico in the nineties as well as North Carolina, and the past couple years, FL and the Gulf coast have had the bullseye on them.

With these active seasons we are having, it would seem like the Puerto Rico and Northern LeeWard Islands would likely see some action in the near future. Obviously though, there is no way to know where these storms are going to go.

[cycloneye]

It is interesting that eight years have gone by with Puerto Rico receiving a direct hit, especially considering how active most of those years have been. I guess it is just one of those things where somtimes certain areas just get picked on more than others and then once one affects your area, then you usually get another. It seemed to happen that way for Puerto Rico in the nineties as well as North Carolina, and the past couple years, FL and the Gulf coast have had the bullseye on them.

With these active seasons we are having, it would seem like the Puerto Rico and Northern LeeWard Islands would likely see some action in the near future. Obviously though, there is no way to know where these storms are going to go.

I really hope that the tranquil period for the NE Caribbean continues in 2006.

[EDR1222]

1995, 1996, and 1998 must have just been awful down there. I remember seeing the reports in 95, especially the damage from Marilyn, but if I remember correctly, Hurricane Luis, because it was so large, did a pretty good amount of damage too.

Bertha and Hortense in 96 and of course Georges in 98. According to the maps, Jose and backwards Lenny in 99 also caused some problems.

I also hope your tranquil period continues. And maybe you can send some of that tranquility to your friends to the north here in Florida for 06

[mike815]

lol that would be nice but i see no calm here in fl bad times lie ahead for us

[cycloneye]

1995, 1996, and 1998 must have just been awful down there. I remember seeing the reports in 95, especially the damage from Marilyn, but if I remember correctly, Hurricane Luis, because it was so large, did a pretty good amount of damage too.

Bertha and Hortense in 96 and of course Georges in 98. According to the maps, Jose and backwards Lenny in 99 also caused some problems.

I also hope your tranquil period continues. And maybe you can send some of that tranquility to your friends to the north here in Florida for 06

Yeah it was a rough period for the NE Caribbean islands especially Hurricane Luis which caused catastrofic damage at St Marteen and Georges which caused extensive damage in Puerto Rico.Hopefully the lull of landfalls to the NE Caribbean continues in 2006 but as every year we prepare for the best but hoping for the best.