Hurricane David

[charleston_hugo_veteran]

I don't remember this one too much?? But was looking at the track and it is similar to Jeanne only from Florida on, if it pans out!
Does anyone in S.C. remember this one? Any damage here?

[wabbitoid]

It wasn't much of a storm, and didn't cause much damage at all.

The only problem was if you were an idiot driving a '74 Maverick through the bastard.

(long story)

[Bane]

I remember it dropping a lot of rain here.

[jagesq]

One big difference, they both passed Hispaniola, Jeanne has time to redevelop, David never did.

[HurricaneQueen]

I remember a prediction that David was headed to the West Coast of Florida so lots of people evacuated to the East Coast only to meet David. We stayed put and I really don't remember having any effects at all. It was, however, the first time I filled the bathtub and had an evacuation inland planned, just in case. I believe it hit over Labor Day weekend.

[Stormsfury]

I was 7 years old at the time, and I remember Hurricane David VERY WELL ... classic hurricane type rainfalls (well over 6" of rain, very gusty winds, a little stronger than Tropical Storm Gaston earlier this season, and lasting from the afternoon, through the overnight hours ... several tornadoes were also spawned ... and that was my very FIRST hurricane that I remembered, and the fascination with tropical weather, and my weather passion was solidified ...

David at one point was a SOLID CAT 5 which at its peak went to 173 MPH (150 KTS) and the lowest pressure was 924 MB ... and remains a CAT 5 for 42 hours ... the impacts on Hispanola were catastrophic (and also what ultimately prevented David from becoming the killer storm that it once was ...

Hurricane David
Aug. 25-Sept. 8, 1979

Max. winds: 175 mph Min. pressure: 924 mb Category: 5

Mighty Hurricane David grew into one of the most intense storms ever to cross the Caribbean Sea. After wiping out the tiny island of Dominica with 150 mph winds, David crashed ashore in the Dominican Republic at peak intensity on Aug. 30, with wind gusts over 200 mph. More than 1,200 people on the two-nation island were killed and over 80,000 were left homeless. Damage totaled more than $1 billion in the Caribbean alone. Skipping through the Bahamas, David struck a glancing blow on Florida, just north of the Gold Coast, tore across Cape Canaveral and then chewed its way up the East Coast on Sept. 6, downing trees and powerlines well into New England.

Source: USA TODAY research by Chris Cappella

[charleston_hugo_veteran]

I was 7 years old at the time, and I remember Hurricane David VERY WELL ... classic hurricane type rainfalls (well over 6" of rain, very gusty winds, a little stronger than Tropical Storm Gaston earlier this season, and lasting from the afternoon, through the overnight hours ... several tornadoes were also spawned ... and that was my very FIRST hurricane that I remembered, and the fascination with tropical weather, and my weather passion was solidified ...

David at one point was a SOLID CAT 5 which at its peak went to 173 MPH (150 KTS) and the lowest pressure was 924 MB ... and remains a CAT 5 for 42 hours ... the impacts on Hispanola were catastrophic (and also what ultimately prevented David from becoming the killer storm that it once was ...

Hurricane David
Aug. 25-Sept. 8, 1979

Max. winds: 175 mph Min. pressure: 924 mb Category: 5

Mighty Hurricane David grew into one of the most intense storms ever to cross the Caribbean Sea. After wiping out the tiny island of Dominica with 150 mph winds, David crashed ashore in the Dominican Republic at peak intensity on Aug. 30, with wind gusts over 200 mph. More than 1,200 people on the two-nation island were killed and over 80,000 were left homeless. Damage totaled more than $1 billion in the Caribbean alone. Skipping through the Bahamas, David struck a glancing blow on Florida, just north of the Gold Coast, tore across Cape Canaveral and then chewed its way up the East Coast on Sept. 6, downing trees and powerlines well into New England.

Source: USA TODAY research by Chris Cappella

I was 14 and don't remember that much...lol

[Stormsfury]

I was 14 and don't remember that much...lol

ah yes, those were my experimenting days/years ... a big blur for me

[abajan]

...I was 14 and don't remember that much...lol

I was 15 and remember seeing distant but frequent lightning 2 nights before it was due to hit us (thankfully it didn't because we would have been flattened by those awesome winds).

A priest came over the radio and prayed for the island and that seemed to do the trick (though I'm sure he didn't wish it upon Dominica).

During the day that preceeded the night that it was to hit, we had some northeasterly squalls and on the afternoon after that night we had very strong southwesterly squalls and the seas were raging.

The whole experience was rather disconcerting - David was a monster that will be long remembered by many.

[wabbitoid]

I remember a prediction that David was headed to the West Coast of Florida so lots of people evacuated to the East Coast only to meet David. We stayed put and I really don't remember having any effects at all. It was, however, the first time I filled the bathtub and had an evacuation inland planned, just in case. I believe it hit over Labor Day weekend.

That's how I ended up driving in it. Coming back from my bro in Ohio, it was decision time when I got to Wildwood -- I-75, if David went up the east coast, or the Turnpike if it went across. I asked the toll booth man where David was. He told me that the Turnpike was open the whole way.

It was. There was just this hurricane in the middle of it. I'll never forget the kid who was pumping gas at Fort Pierce -- he seemed to be having a lot of fun getting blown around.

Anyways, I drove through David with my Da. Yes, I'm an idiot.

[Ladybug]

i was 8 years old at the time, living on University of Miami campus in the apartments... my dad was a student there getting his PhD. I was a lil scared, we were talking all about sleeping in the hallway, but as i remember...it was just alot of rain. Our front play yard was knee deep for an eight year old in water, we had alot of fun with our "swimming pool"

[SeaBrz_FL]

I stayed in my wood-frame rental house on Merritt Island, FL, and watched the actual eye move over during David. Little rain, and MUCH less damage than I've seen from the storms hitting Brevard County this year.