2005 season of suprise and heartbreak

[Jim Cantore]

ok now we've seen all this I'll use 4 categorys Suprises, dodged bullets, bad luck. Spared again, heartbreak, and Streak enders.

Heartbreak

Katrina, the doomsday hurricane until further notice

Rita an overshadowed monster

Wilma the storm of two faces and mass destruction

Dodged bullets

Dennis mass weakening before landfall

Katrina mass weakening before landfall and passing east of New Orleans

Rita steady weakening up to landfall and misses Houston

Wilma runs into the yucatan preventing at cat 4 strike on florida

Suprises

Dennis and Emily since when does that happen in July?

Katrina Rita and Wilma 3 cat 5's that got stronger each time

Vince, Spain? SPAIN?!?

The greek alphabet

Epsilon just wouldnt die

Zeta, Whats today? December 30th?

27 named storms thats not a typo


Bad luck

Florida, the plywood state is pounded again

Florida Keys 4 Hurricanes

New Orleans, after all the dodges the luck runs out (kinda it could've been worse)

Gulf coast, What a year

Mexican gulf coast, Bret, Emily, Gert, Jose, Stan.

Mexico Period, Bret, TD 3, Emily, Gert, Jose, Stan, Wilma.

Spared again

NYC, It will happen eventually and when it does I hope I aint alive to see it, 112 years and counting since a direct hit.

New Jersey, We are way overdue to get nailed. 102 years and counting since a full fledged hurricane gave us direct hit

North Carolina, Yes you had Ophelia but she was no Isabel or Floyd.

New England, 14 years and counting

Tampa, No major threats from a monster season.

Boston (I said boston) you're more prone then you think.

Houston Rita spared you, 22 years and counting

Streak enders

Miami, Wilma ends a 13 year streak without being nailed by a major hurricane event.

New Orleans, Katrina ends a 40 year streak since a major hit.

Spain, Vince ends a 200-4,000,000,000 year streak without a hit

alot of stuff happened this year and it makes us think, Whats next?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I think 2006 will have almost as many. But I have a real gut feeling that a cat5 will hit some where. But thats just that....

[Swimdude]

I fear Houston will soon have to rip down their '22 year record.' I really thought Rita was going to get us this year... And in September! Of all the Houston tropical cyclones, a vast majority have occured prior to September. We were quite lucky.

[wxmann_91]

North Carolina, Yes you had Ophelia but she was no Isabel or Floyd.

I have to contradict that statement. On their season summary the NHC pointed out that Ophelia costed $1.6 billion in total damages. That's comparable to Dennis. And in some areas the surge damage rivaled or exceeded Isabel and Hazel.

[Brent]

Wilma runs into the yucatan preventing at cat 4 strike on florida

Scary thing is... it was almost a 4(and may very well have been) when it hit SW FL, even after sitting over the Yucatan for a day.

[bzukajo]

twol things bother me about 2006

H5N1 and CAT5

[Jim Cantore]

North Carolina, Yes you had Ophelia but she was no Isabel or Floyd.

I have to contradict that statement. On their season summary the NHC pointed out that Ophelia costed $1.6 billion in total damages. That's comparable to Dennis. And in some areas the surge damage rivaled or exceeded Isabel and Hazel.

Still not a Floyd or an Isabel but 1.6 Billion is a bit more then double what I expected

Thats what happens when Hurricanes take their times

[TexasStooge]

I fear Houston will soon have to rip down their '22 year record.' I really thought Rita was going to get us this year... And in September! Of all the Houston tropical cyclones, a vast majority have occured prior to September. We were quite lucky.

Yeah, that and the Dallas/Ft. Worth may get flooded.