One year ago Tommorow

[Jim Cantore]

The storm that moved slower then my mom and sister in a Macys came ashore.... eventually

[seaswing]

Yes, I remember it WELL! Miss Frances with her slow self! I think I was chewing what fingernails I had left right about now one year ago. It was hot, dark and nasty....

[AnthonyC]

I remember that storm...it sat off the FL coast for almost 24 hours. I remember watching hurricane coverage for almost 48 hours...and each hour the local meteorologist would say "FINALLY! SHE'S MOVING!" But in reality, it just continued to sit.

[MysticOne]

I wish I could say I remember it well..... but all of last summer was just one big blur of hurricanes, no power and roof repairs. I can't make the distinction in my mind between any of them anymore! However, even with that, I can't relate my experience to those on the gulf coast right now. My heart goes out to them!

[WeatherEmperor]

I had a house full of people here and it was frustrating with everybody crowded in this house while Frances too her sweet time coming ashore.

<RICKY>

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

We got some strong 60 mph winds from Frances here near the Bay. Yup one long storm.

[HurricaneQueen]

Ironically, 10 year ago tomorrow Luis devastated the island of St. Maarten (9/5/95) as a slow moving Cat 4. It was quite an experience to say the least!!! Ten years later the island is still defined as pre and post Luis.

I've never researched it but I wonder if the 5th of Sept. is a particularly "bad" day for hurricanes. I have always heard that the 10th is considered the height of the season but until I recover from this years quiet SXM vacation I won't have a chance to look up the 5th.

Lynn

[Scorpion]

That is the worst looking piece of garbage hurricane I have ever seen on satellite. What happened to it at landfall? The power was out for us here so I never saw images of it when it came ashore. It took out my power for a week.

[Deb321]

I remember all too well Frances. It beat my house for 24 hours before creeping on our coast. Then decided to take her sweet time moving away from us. Seems like we had a full 48 hours of winds and rain.

[Patrick99]

That is the worst looking piece of garbage hurricane I have ever seen on satellite. What happened to it at landfall? The power was out for us here so I never saw images of it when it came ashore. It took out my power for a week.

Yeah - she wasn't all that impressive. Look at that collapsed eye wall. I remember watching her come ashore on TV, since we got nothing but rain bands. She was pretty fearsome as she churned up to the Bahamas.....but then she started sulking lazily about, like a rebellious teenager stoned out of her mind. Most storms approaching the peninsula don't weaken like that....we typically catch them on an upswing as they cross the Gulfstream (Katrina included). Jeanne was a much more impressive storm.

[Andrew92]

Ironically, 10 year ago tomorrow Luis devastated the island of St. Maarten (9/5/95) as a slow moving Cat 4. It was quite an experience to say the least!!! Ten years later the island is still defined as pre and post Luis.

I've never researched it but I wonder if the 5th of Sept. is a particularly "bad" day for hurricanes. I have always heard that the 10th is considered the height of the season but until I recover from this years quiet SXM vacation I won't have a chance to look up the 5th.

Lynn

Another bad one we can add to the list: Hurricane Fran made landfall on September 5, 1996 near Wilmington, North Carolina, as a C3 hurricane. On the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report, it shows her listed as striking at 0030 on September 6, but remember that is GMT, which translates to about 8:30 PM on the 5th. She caused over $3 billion in damage and directly killed 27 people.

9/5 really is a bad day for hurricanes!

-Andrew92

[Brent]

Oh yes... Frances. I hate slow-moving hurricanes... I really do.

We ended up with rain and gusty winds from it the night of the 6th into the 7th and actually lost power for a couple of hours.

[JtSmarts]

Interesting how FRAN and FRANces both made landfall on the 5th.
Fran's low pressure also led to my cousin being born on that date.

[Josephine96]

Frances was just too dang long. She wrecked the Labor Day weekend. Cool storm for me because I was up late at night with evacuees and we were all talking about it and watching it on TV.. waiting for it to finally make landfall.