Double trouble... 1926 and 2004

[iceangel]

I found this interesting!
I'm glad I wasn't alive back in 1926!

[wxmann_91]

I found this interesting!
I'm glad I wasn't alive back in 1926!

WOW.

I don't want to even know how the forecasters would've forecasted TS #7.

But then again, Hurricane #1 weakened before hitting Cape Canaveral and the Great Miami Hurricane spared New Orleans from a Cat 3 landfall, instead it made landfall as a TS.

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/1926/index.html

[EDR1222]

Something else that is interesting about 1926 and 1928. Each year had a relatively minor storm affect the south-central Florida east coast early in the season, followed by severe hurricanes striking further south along the east coast both years.

[vbhoutex]

Ok, at the risk of looking stupid, what did you find intereesting? I see no link or anything. I know P'cola had devastating canes both years.

[wxmann_91]

Ok, at the risk of looking stupid, what did you find intereesting? I see no link or anything. I know P'cola had devastating canes both years.

I posted the link in my post seeing that the author of this thread didn't.

And if you look at the map you will see an amazing percentage of storms near Florida.

But I find the track of the storms especially interesting, especially #7 and #8.

[Recurve]

Thanks wxmann, great info, love the Unisys tracking maps so nicely presented.

A couple of those tracks are...scary. Shows how S Fla can get whacked from the front and back in the same year. '35 also had a back-tracker and a close-curver impact S. Fla, besides Labor Day.

[iceangel]

Ok, at the risk of looking stupid, what did you find intereesting? I see no link or anything. I know P'cola had devastating canes both years.

I thought I put the link but I must have forgotten.

What I found interesting was the fact that in the article, it was mentioned that the 1926 hurricane was worse than Hurricane Ivan.

I will try to retrieve the link and reply to this thread with it.

[WeatherEmperor]

It really sucked to be in FL during 1926.

<RICKY>

[Ixolib]

It really sucked to be in FL during 1926.

<RICKY>

Yeah, but...
the tourist count was way low,
there wasn't a condo in sight,
traffic was virtually non-existent,
pristine beaches were the norm (instead of the exception),
you could buy a house for much less than 250K,
there was no urban run-off to cause red tides,
and gas was only .18 per gallon.

On the other hand, air conditioning was not widely available,
so in that sense, I'll agree with this post!!

[WeatherEmperor]

It really sucked to be in FL during 1926.

<RICKY>

Yeah, but...
the tourist count was way low,
there wasn't a condo in sight,
traffic was virtually non-existent,
pristine beaches were the norm (instead of the exception),
you could buy a house for much less than 250K,
there was no urban run-off to cause red tides,
and gas was only .18 per gallon.

On the other hand, air conditioning was not widely available,
so in that sense, I'll agree with this post!!

wait did you say gas for $0.18 per gallon! On second thought it would be great to live in 1926! lol

<RICKY>

[iceangel]

Ok, at the risk of looking stupid, what did you find intereesting? I see no link or anything. I know P'cola had devastating canes both years.

I posted the link in my post seeing that the author of this thread didn't.

And if you look at the map you will see an amazing percentage of storms near Florida.

But I find the track of the storms especially interesting, especially #7 and #8.

Thank You, I couldn't find the link!!