damage totals from this season could top . . .

[jpigott]

i don't know hurricane history like i'm sure many others here on this board. But this has got to be the worst season that I can remember. Think about it 1) TS Bonnie into the FL panhandle 2) Charley - enough said 3) Frances - bad enough, could have been really bad (could have easily been a major into the SFLA metro areas of Mia, Ft. Laud., WPB)
4) TS/hurricane Gaston - just ask Richmond, VA 5) Ivan - work in progress 6) Jeanne (and whatever that thing is behind her) wreaking havoc from the antilles - PR - DR/Haiti - ??? 7-8) Karl and Lisa appear to be waiting in the wings and with the #$@^%!*&^^% ridge over the atlantic keeping everything going west. . . And the fact that my calander only says Sept. 16th

[KWT]

you forgot Alex which was for a time a major hurricane as well,so you can add another 1 odd billion to the total.

[jpigott]

i forget, did Alex make landfall anywhere or was it a fish

[dennis1x1]

added up will it top andrew? im not sure..

[JtSmarts]

The eyewall of Alex hit the Outer Banks so I think it is classified as a direct hit not a landfall.

[KWT]

infact just Charley and Ivan will reach close to Andrew's total,with Charley causing 18 billion dollars of damage and ivan causing 10.

Then we had Gaston,Bonnie,Alex,Frances,Jeanne and Karl and Lisa(soon to be!!!) hanging in the deep...

[dennis1x1]

wow....didnt realize charley was at 18billion.....is that right?

[jpigott]

Andrew = South Dade leveled, moderated/severe damage in LA

2004
Charley = severe damage to port charlotte area and other parts of SW Fl, light to moderate damage orlando/daytona

Frances = moderate damage to Fla treasure coast (WPB to Melbourne), massive flooding in NC mtns

Gaston = once again, just ask Richmond

Ivan = moderate-severe damage in coastal Al/extreme western FL panhandle (and depending on what he does further north, there is the potential for massive flooding up and down the appalachain spine thanks to the saturated grounds ala Frances/Gaston)

Jeanne = PR pretty beat up (remeber they are part of the US also)

all i'm saying is this hurricane season (even if it stopped today) is probably going to end up being one of the costliest if not the most costly

[KWT]

Yes it did cause that much damage,as it hit punta Gorra(Sp)as a category-4,then hit Orlando as a category-2 with it's eyewall,then moved on and hit the carolinas as well as a weak category-2.