Mike--excellent point and

#1 Postby **Vortex** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:48 pm

Mike if you get a chance look at the 1947 hurricane that hit S.Fl. I was reading photocopies I made years ago out of the newspaper and its amazing to read now and how they even then mentioned it would be steered away to the North by a front and hit N.C. After moving wnw/nw and giving the all clear to people in south florida the system stalled east of Eleuthra in the bahamas for 24 hours than very slowly moved west and eventually hit south Fl. Awesome article...

#2 Postby **Vortex** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:50 pm

it reached cat 5 status as well.

Rainband · #3 Postby **Rainband** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 5:59 pm

RUTT RO!!! Hope history doesn't repeat itself!! :roll:

Floridacane · #4 Postby **Floridacane** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:44 pm

Vortex,
This is the storm you were talking about I think...
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif
I really hope this doesn't happen

#5 Postby **HurricaneQueen** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:46 pm

not a pretty picture!!!! :roll:

#6 Postby **WeatherEmperor** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:48 pm

.......that was over 50 years ago! surely their forecasting skills were almost...non-existent. lol. but lets hope that history dont repeat itself. also just take a close look at what hurricane betsy did in 1965.

Stormsfury · #7 Postby **Stormsfury** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:58 pm

Believe it or not everyone... There have been two analog years being thrown into the mix. 1960 was one of those, and 1947. Remember the earlier this year heat wave that gripped the UK and EUROPE? This year's European heat wave was the most severe since 1947.

1960, of course, had Donna.
1947 had this long track system and the only one that ever crossed into the Gulf when it became a hurricane so far east.

But, here's the major difference.

Both 1947 and 1960 had only ONE lone CV storm, and BOTH hit Florida as Category 4 storms.

Mike--excellent point and

Mike--excellent point and

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