I must say you all have been very helpful with the info and updates with this horrid season- keep up the great job!...imagine no internet to help folks out say 15 years or so ago......
OT: Names of all Hurricanes for which their names have been retired--never to be used again. <<Below is a list of deadly, costly and destructive storms whose names have been retired, guaranteeing them a place in hurricane history. This is not a complete list of deadly or destructive hurricanes since many such storms hit before 1950 when naming began. http://www.loep.state.la.us/factsheets/retiringnmesthurrican.htm *Affecting Louisiana Name Year Location(s) affected Agnes 1972 Florida, Northeast U.S. Alicia 1983 North Texas Allen 1980 Antilles, Mexico, South Texas Andrew 1992 Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana Anita 1977 Mexico Audrey 1957 Louisiana, North Texas Betsy 1965 Bahamas, Southeast Florida, Southeast Louisiana Beulah 1967 Antilles, Mexico, South Texas Bob 1991 North Carolina, Northeast U.S. Camille 1969 Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Carla 1961 Texas Carmen 1974 Mexico, central Louisiana Carol* 1954 Northeast U.S. Celia 1970 South Texas Cesar 1996 Central America Cleo 1964 Lesser Antilles, Haiti, Cuba, Southeast Florida Connie 1955 North Carolina David 1979 Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Florida, Eastern U.S. Diana 1990 Mexico Diane 1955 Mid-Atlantic U.S., Northeast U.S. Donna 1960 Bahamas, Florida, Eastern U.S. Dora 1964 Northeast Florida Elena 1985 Mississippi, Alabama, Western Florida Eloise 1975 Antilles, Northwest Florida, Alabama Flora 1963 Haiti, Cuba Fran 1996 North Carolina, mid-Atlantic U.S. Frederic 1979 Alabama, Mississippi Gilbert 1988 Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Gloria 1985 North Carolina, Northeast U.S. Hattie 1961 Belize,Guatemala Hazel 1954 Antilles, North and South Carolina Hilda 1964 Louisiana Hortense 1996 Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic Hugo 1989 Antilles, South Carolina Ione 1955 North Carolina Inez 1966 Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Cuba, Florida Keys, Mexico( edit --i sat at Thatched Roof open air bar Trader Dan's in Charlotte Amalie, watching the tropical storm edges of this one--ah that a way back memory!--wl) Janet 1955 Lesser Antilles, Belize, Mexico Joan 1988 Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua [Crossed into the Pacific Ocean, becoming Miriam] Klaus 1990 Martinique Luis 1995 Barbuda, St. Martin Marilyn 1995 St. Thomas Opal 1995 Northwest Florida, Alabama Roxanne 1995 Yucatan Peninsula
The name "Carol" was used again to denote a hurricane in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 1965. However, because the name does not appear after that time, it is assumed that the name was retired retrospectively for the damages caused by the 1954 storm of the same name.>>
Morning, Dan and Bruce. If you are up at this time, you have seen the nice left turn that Ivan has made. All I can say is, there must be a very powerful holy man living in Jamaica, because I have never seen the likes of that timing of a sharp turn of a hurricane path.
I am not a weatherman, but watch how that high to the right of the Florida seems to compress the feeder band above and to the right of IVAN. And then when the high stretches out to the left and over Cuba, it sure seems to have the effect of turning IVAN to the left. Hopefully, the damn thing is now headed to some remote, uninhabited jungle area.
My guess is--even as I look at the usual "Cone of Death" painted right up our alley by the weather channel-- our homes here in west-central Florida have virtually no chance now of being hit by hurricane force winds.
I will, however, remain watchful and run like a scared jackrabbit if I am wrong -- in edit-- and I will head North-g
Ot Dan/Bruce thanks so very much for sharing this link , Very helpful regarding traffic count. Gosh at the moment we may not have to evacuate after all; of course with alittle help from mother nature :-) Bruce thanks also for your most helpful posts!
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