Hey GOMERS dont let your guard down by any means

[Colin]

Thanks for the numbers, Toni... very informative and I enjoyed reviewing it!

[Anonymous]

Great post wxman. The only little beef I have is that the last two years you mentioned, 1988 and 1998, were actually active GOM years (5 and 6 Gulf storms respectively). But who am I to complain, your point is well taken.

Lindaloo, Frederic and Elena were both nasty GOM hurricanes, but I don't think he mentioned them since they came in years with a lot of GOM activity. Both 1979 and 1985 saw 5 storms form/enter the Gulf.

[wx247]

Very informative post wxman57. You did a great job of pointing out it only takes one...

[Lindaloo]

Oh I see.. thanks SC. As for the statistics, there was Hurricane Ethel in 1960, nine years later we had Camille. Ten years later we had Fred. Six years later we had Elena. Thirteen years later we had Georges. Four years later we had two scares one right after the other by Izzy and Lili. So I do not understand the statistics posted.

[PTrackerLA]

I hope this year is rather quiet GOM landfall wise because I really would hate to see Louisiana become the next North Carolina with all those landfalls in the 90's. Lili weakening spared us from a catastropic blow but our luck will run out just as everyone else's. Bottom line...ALWAYS BE PREPARED

[Anonymous]

Oh I see.. thanks SC. As for the statistics, there was Hurricane Ethel in 1960, nine years later we had Camille. Ten years later we had Fred. Six years later we had Elena. Thirteen years later we had Georges. Four years later we had two scares one right after the other by Izzy and Lili. So I do not understand the statistics posted.

I wouldn't pay too much attention to statistics based upon the lapsed time between various storms...especially when there's no discernable pattern. These types of stats are subject to error.

[southerngale]

Thanks for all the great info on past storms.

[Lindaloo]

Thanks Supercane. I was replying to what I observed about the percentages and such.

I never let my guard down. I recently had hurricane shutters installed and also for the pool. All I have to do is pick up yard furniture, plants, shut off gas and I am outta there.

I have an Aerostar Minivan that I have on standby with ample gas to load all my animals into. It was converted to a rolling animal shelter. lol.

[ColdFront77]

There is reasoning for where tropical cyclones may and may not develop in certain portions of the Atlantic Basin.

But, it makes sense to believe that systems can and will develop anywhere and be steered by what ever the steering currents are at a particular time and then the days ahead as the storm make its move. Hence, those along the Gulf coast should obviously be on guard along with the east coast of the United States.

[bfez1]

Having gone thru Betsy, Camille and a few others I keep my eye on the GOM constantly during storm season. To much, to fast, can happen to not be prepared during hurricane season.