HURRICANESAND

TROPICALSTORMS

OF THE

ATLANTICBASIN

SAFFIR -- SIMPSON SCALECategory Surge

mb in kts MPH ftTD na na <34 <39 naTS na na 34-63 39-73 na1 980 28.93 64-82 74-95 4-52 965-980 28.48-28.93 83-95 96-110 6-83 945-965 27.88-28.48 96-112 111-130 9-124 920-945 27.13-27.88 113-134 131-155 13-185 <920 <27.13 >134 >155 >18

Pressure Winds

Gilbert 1988 (5) 26.22 in. 888 mbFlorida Keys 1935 (5) 26.35 in. 892 mbAllen 1980 (5) 26.55 in. 899 mbCamille 1969 (5) 26.61 in. 901mbMitch 1998 (5) 26.73 in. 905 mbJanet 1955 (5) 27.00 in. 914 mbAndrew 1992 (5) 27.23 in. 922 mbFlorida Keys/Tex 1919 (4) 27.37 in. 927 mb

Opal* 1995 (4) 27.40 in. 929 mbOkeechobee 1928 (4) 27.43 in. 930 mbDonna 1960 (4) 27.46 in. 930 mbGalveston 1900 (4) 27.49 in. 931 mbGrand Isle 1909 (4) 27.49 in. 931 mbNew Orleans 1915 (4) 27.49 in. 931 mbCarla 1961 (4) 27.49 in. 931 mbHugo 1989 (4) 27.58 in. 934 mbMiami 1926 (4) 27.61 in. 935 mbGeorges 1998 (4) 27.70 in. 938 mbHazel 1954 (4) 27.70 in. 938 mbFlorida, S.E. 1947 (4) 27.76 in. 940 mb

Most Intense

PAST CENTURY CATEGORY 5 HURRICANES

PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER(Hurricane Hunter)Lost, Hurricane JANET - 1955

GALVESTON1900

GALVESTON 1900

NO NAME CAT. 4

MIAMI, FLORIDA

1926

MIAMI1926

NO NAME CAT. 4

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

1928

1935

FLORIDA KEYS

CAT. 5

FLORIDA KEYS 1935

FLORIDA KEYS 1935

LONG ISLAND EXPRESS - 1938

1938

1938

EASYKINGLOVE

1950

FLORIDA

HURRICANE DONNA

CAT. 4

1960

Donna about 60 miles from Miami 1960

1964

CLEOISBELL

DORA

HURRICANE CAMILLE 1969CAT. 5

RICHELIEU APTS. PASS CHRISTIANCAMILLE

AFTER CAMILLE

American Legion Post, Bay St. Louis

Landships, Camille

HURRICANE ALLEN

CAT. 5

1980

CAT. 5

CAROLINAS

HURRICANE HUGO

CAT. 4

1989

Hurricane Andrew, 1992

MLB 88D on ANDREW

CAT. 4

Hurricane Andrew, 1992Lost Roofs

Hurricane Andrew, 1992Destroyed Mobile Homes

BUGER KING HQ

ANDREW

1995ALLISONERINJERRYOPAL

ERIN 1995

ERIN’S FLOODS

OCEANOGRAPHY 101 by ERIN

Hurricane Opal, 1995

ALMOST CAT. 5

OPAL 1995

1996BERTHAHORTENSEJOSEPHINELILI

FRAN

1998

GEORGESEARL

MITCH

GEORGES, KEY WEST

GEORGES, BIG PINE KEY

MITCH 1998

MITCH COMIN’ TO FLORIDA

1999DENNISFLOYDHARVEYIRENE

U.S. EAST COAST

CAT. 4

1999

FLOYD

PEAK @ 155 mph,

921MB

CAT. 4 +13 SEP. 1200

FLOYD

FLOYD ANDREW

IRENE1999

Andrew 1992 (5) $30.5 billionHugo 1989 (4) $8.5 billionAgnes 1972 (1) $7.5 billionBetsy 1965 (3) $7.4 billionCamille 1969 (5) $6.1 billionDiane 1955 (1) $4.8 billionFrederic 1979 (3) $4.3 billionNew England 1938 (3) $4.1 billionFran 1996 (3) $3.2 billionOpal 1995 (4) $3.1 billionAlicia 1983 (3) $2.9 billionCarol 1954 (3) $2.7 billionCarla 1961 (4) $2.2 billionJuan 1985 (1) $2.1 billionDonna 1960 (4) $2.1 billionCelia 1970 (3) $1.8 billionElena 1985 (3) $1.7 billionBob 1991 (2) $1.7 billionHazel 1954 (4) $1.6 billionMiami* 1926 (4) $1.5 billion

Adjusted to 1996 dollars

Costliest

After normalizing to today’s population, wealth, and dollars, the

worst U.S hurricane was not ANDREW!

It was the 1926 Great Miami Hurricane! Had that storm hit in the mid-1990’s, the estimated cost would

have been over $63 billion with an additional $9 billion in the Florida

panhandle and Alabama!

HURRICANE SEASON 2003

14 - 8 - 3TOTAL U.S. COASTLINE 64% (52%)

U.S. EAST COAST WITH FLORIDA 43% (31%)

GULF COAST 36% (30%)

ABOVE AVERAGE IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA

FIRST CAT.5 THIS NEW CENTURY

THE BIG ONE ISSTILL OUT THERE