NC/SC main threat.....S. FL. hit highly unlikely as usual

[Burn1]

And lets keep it that way........They treat this area (S. FL) like it is Hurricane Alley.....However, my 40 years down here I have not seen a direct hit.....Andrew S. Dade.......Look at past path charts and you will see that S. FL is not a prevelant area of strike.....The activity of the 1920's
through the 50's was a rare pattern and may not happen again in our lifetime.....Meanwhile GOM, Florida Panhandle, and Carolinas is what you would consider Hurricane Alley.......Trust me, I would rather do without the Death, Destruction, and Displacement of lives that are caused by Canes.

[tampastorm]

I hope where you live, you take your post with a grain of salt. S. Florida a VERY real possibility!

[Benlanka]

I wouldn't be so convident if I were living in SFL... (and that out of the mouth of a European who hardly gets anything worse than 40-45kts lol).

[KWT]

well I have seen hurricane force gusts before,heck while I was up in Norwhich in the U.K one day there was a gust of 76Mph.

[B-Bear]

And lets keep it that way........They treat this area (S. FL) like it is Hurricane Alley.....However, my 40 years down here I have not seen a direct hit.....Andrew S. Dade.......Look at past path charts and you will see that S. FL is not a prevelant area of strike.....The activity of the 1920's
through the 50's was a rare pattern and may not happen again in our lifetime.....Meanwhile GOM, Florida Panhandle, and Carolinas is what you would consider Hurricane Alley.......Trust me, I would rather do without the Death, Destruction, and Displacement of lives that are caused by Canes.

Here's the question I would ask: What makes you think that the heightened activity in southern Florida between the 1920s through the 1950s was the exception rather than the rule? Hurricanes have been around for a very long time, and we've only been studying their impact on the U.S. for a relatively short period of time, historically speaking. It's a little far fetched, IMO, to suggest that we know, with any degree of certainty, what is or is not a regular pattern of landfalling hurricanes in southern Florida.

[Downdraft]

Your entitled to your opinion and frankly I'm beginning to think you may be right as far as south Florida is concerned. On the other hand not to take this seriously is very very foolish.

[KWT]

Indeed tampastorm.

Although i have NO experiance in hurricane tracks,I do have experiance in polar lows and also depressions,granted,there not as strong but they are still can have tropical storm sustained winds.

[frankthetank]

Well...if you look back in time, Florida has been hit by numerous hurricanes... Just because it hasn't happened lately is ignorance... Whats your reasoning for Charley? fluke?

[Burn1]

Listen,,,,,,Did you read may message.....No Death, Destruction etc......I don't think that is ignorance!!! Trust me my house is like a fortified bunker against Hurricanes......Just make the point that if you look at past path charts....What do you think??

[jlauderdal]

Listen,,,,,,Did you read may message.....No Death, Destruction etc......I don't think that is ignorance!!! Trust me my house is like a fortified bunker against Hurricanes......Just make the point that if you look at past path charts....What do you think??

glad to hear about your fortefied bunker..where do you live in FLL, i can stop by in the bunker so i am safe

[bree4bryce]

Miracles happen every day!! FISH! FISH! FISH!!!

[ChaserUK]

Indeed, we had 90mph winds in October 2000 - that was pretty hairy I can tell you! Nothing compared to sustained wind speeds however. Atlantic LP's have very gusty winds.

[KWT]

Indeed Chaser having high gust and high sustaied winds are two different matters.

but if you just want to feel like your in a cat-1 hurricane(for a very short amount of time)then depressions can still do the job I can assure you.

and there was one storm in 1703 that indeed had hurricane winds,It was two Very intense polar lows circeing each other,that brought 3 days of nonstop rain and sustanied winds of 81Mph as well as there being a eye of this storm,very amazing stuff.

[THead]

I just had to dig up this S. Florida isn't in hurricane alley post, and yes, Stuart is considered S. Florida.......

[Innotech]

Indeed Chaser having high gust and high sustaied winds are two different matters.

but if you just want to feel like your in a cat-1 hurricane(for a very short amount of time)then depressions can still do the job I can assure you.

and there was one storm in 1703 that indeed had hurricane winds,It was two Very intense polar lows circeing each other,that brought 3 days of nonstop rain and sustanied winds of 81Mph as well as there being a eye of this storm,very amazing stuff.

look up information on the Carolinas tornadocane. a nontropical rotating CONUS supercell with a eyelike feature and spiral bands, not to mentionn a few tornadoes and a recorded gust of 165 mph!

[Guest]

And lets keep it that way........They treat this area (S. FL) like it is Hurricane Alley.....However, my 40 years down here I have not seen a direct hit.....Andrew S. Dade.......Look at past path charts and you will see that S. FL is not a prevelant area of strike.....The activity of the 1920's
through the 50's was a rare pattern and may not happen again in our lifetime.....Meanwhile GOM, Florida Panhandle, and Carolinas is what you would consider Hurricane Alley.......Trust me, I would rather do without the Death, Destruction, and Displacement of lives that are caused by Canes.

Here's the question I would ask: What makes you think that the heightened activity in southern Florida between the 1920s through the 1950s was the exception rather than the rule? Hurricanes have been around for a very long time, and we've only been studying their impact on the U.S. for a relatively short period of time, historically speaking. It's a little far fetched, IMO, to suggest that we know, with any degree of certainty, what is or is not a regular pattern of landfalling hurricanes in southern Florida.

Well said b-bear.

& burn so just because Central Fla received 2 landfalling strong hurricanes this season,the strongest & only hurricanes Central Fla has seen in decades (beside CAT 1 Erin in 95) this is the new norm.So every storm from now on will hit only that part of Fla???

Common man dont insult the intelligence of the people on here,you know better than to post stuff like that.

[betsy65freddy79]

I have lived in S FL for 16 years and have experienced 3 hurricanes and 2-3 tropical storms. However, I also lived in S FL (Homestead) for 3 years in the mid -60's and remember at least 4 hurricanes during that time. Guess these don't count as S FL hits?