Costliest Hurricane

[f5]

now that katrina is the costliest hurricane the only way a hurricane can beat Katrina's record is for it to hit a city bigger than NO such as Houston(close call by Rita),NYC,and Miami

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I heard a cat5 into Miami would be 80 billion. So it would not do as much damage as Katrina did. It would take a Major hurricane into New york to beat Katrina.

[Anonymous]

I heard a cat5 into Miami would be 80 billion. So it would not do as much damage as Katrina did. It would take a Major hurricane into New york to beat Katrina.

No...the 1926 hurricane (150 mph) would have caused 80-100 billion dollars. Think about a Category 5...175 mph...into downtown Miami, then maintaining Category 3 intensity across Florida...then bombing to 180 mph in the Gulf of Mexico before going straight into New Orleans from the Southeast. Thats a 300-400 billion dollar storm.

[superfly]

How about a Gulf cat 5 direct hit into Tampa crossing Florida then riding the Gulf Stream, skimming the Outer Banks and hitting NYC as a strong cat 3.

[AussieMark]

if the 1926 Miami Hurricane hit as of 2004 the damage bill is $101.9 Billion.

The potential is there a storm could hit 2 metro areas. I really do hope it never happens tho. But potentially it could happen

[f5]

looks like it will take an apocalyptic hurricane to beat katrina 1st landfall would be miami 2nd landfall galveston island with the remants sitting on top of downtown dallas with heavy rain for 40 days and 40 nights

[Josephine96]

A GOM hurricane, Cat 5 stalling over Tampa Bay before making landfall in Tampa, then cutting across the I-4 corridor, through Orlando, Kissimmee/St Cloud and exiting near the Space Coast..

[gpickett00]

it would be more costly than katrina if it worked puerto rico as a cat 3, hit miami as a 5 skimmed up the west coast and punched tampa bay with cat 3 and surge of cat 5, then got nudged over to new orleans as a cat 5. tell me that is not the worst case

[Ixolib]

now that katrina is the costliest hurricane the only way a hurricane can beat Katrina's record is for it to hit a city bigger than NO such as Houston(close call by Rita),NYC,and Miami

And don't forget the billions to the EAST of N.O.

Actually, Katrina didn't even "hit" New Orleans. It hit east of there... A true hit on N.O., or just a few miles west with an approach from the SSE, will be a telling story for sure. If we think we had a problem in N.O. this time, wait until THAT happens!!

[MiamiensisWx]

No...the 1926 hurricane (150 mph) would have caused 80-100 billion dollars. Think about a Category 5...175 mph...into downtown Miami, then maintaining Category 3 intensity across Florida...then bombing to 180 mph in the Gulf of Mexico before going straight into New Orleans from the Southeast. Thats a 300-400 billion dollar storm.

If that happened, the cost could be evem higher than that. Why? Think about the INLAND effects once the storm moves inland (e.g., heavy rain, tornadoes, flooding, etc.). That would also amount to some extra damage costs.

[Steve]

Most apolcalyptic storm would be one that came in as a fairly strong storm either across Miami or the Keys and headed toward Panama City. Before hitting the coast, the storm bends westward and parallels the US Gulf Coast just offshore and rakes NW FL, AL, MS and LA with high winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall. At landfall in Eastern LA south of New Orleans, Stom X then loops back south, hooks west again paralleling the S LA coast before making landfall across Galveston Bay on a WNW heading @ about 5mph destroying Galveston, Beaumont, Port Arthur (again) and severely damaging Houston, TX.



Steve

[Anonymous]

Most apolcalyptic storm would be one that came in as a fairly strong storm either across Miami or the Keys and headed toward Panama City. Before hitting the coast, the storm bends westward and parallels the US Gulf Coast just offshore and rakes NW FL, AL, MS and LA with high winds, storm surge and heavy rainfall. At landfall in Eastern LA south of New Orleans, Stom X then loops back south, hooks west again paralleling the S LA coast before making landfall across Galveston Bay on a WNW heading @ about 5mph destroying Galveston, Beaumont, Port Arthur (again) and severely damaging Houston, TX.



Steve

Call it...Hurricane Isaac. Isaac sounds like a BIG storm.

[Derek Ortt]

I believe that much of the normalization under estimates the damage

before Katrina, there wer eestimates that a cane in NO would only cause 25 billion in damage. We all saw how well that panned out.

In Dade, the models are outdated due to the rapid construction anyways. That storm wiould affect 5 million including Dade and Broward

[Anonymous]

I believe that much of the normalization under estimates the damage

before Katrina, there wer eestimates that a cane in NO would only cause 25 billion in damage. We all saw how well that panned out.

In Dade, the models are outdated due to the rapid construction anyways. That storm wiould affect 5 million including Dade and Broward

Very true. But also....casinos....the entire Mississippi coast...Mobile...FL Panhandle...

[Brent]

Call it...Hurricane Isaac. Isaac sounds like a BIG storm.

Isaac scares me. I'm serious... when I'm bored I make up fake hurricane advisories and Isaac is a name that is used for the worst of the worst.

[f5]

it would take a Hurricane with a brain to hit Miami,Tampa Bay,Jacksonville,NO,Houston,NYC and Boston at the same time.think about what the final damage total would be on that

[krysof]

it would take a Hurricane with a brain to hit Miami,Tampa Bay,Jacksonville,NO,Houston,NYC and Boston at the same time.think about what the final damage total would be on that

it may be higher than the billions, trillions?

[f5]

it would take a Hurricane with a brain to hit Miami,Tampa Bay,Jacksonville,NO,Houston,NYC and Boston at the same time.think about what the final damage total would be on that

it may be higher than the billions, trillions?

the cost will be so high there won't be no U.S