Bermuda ever been hit?

[DESTRUCTION5]

Anyone know if a storm has ever OFFICIALLY made landfall in bermuda as in the Center crossing directly over the Island?

[gatorcane]

maybe it makes sense to expand your title some

[gatorcane]

okay now it is expanded....

[StormWarning1]

This one in 1948 did, it was storm number 8 of that year.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at1948.asp

Fabians eyewall in 2003 also.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at2003.asp

[dwsqos2]

Hurricane Emily (1987) made an official landfall on Bermuda.

Page 2 of Preliminary Report

Page 7 of Preliminary Report (BT)

[abajan]

I'm sure they have been hit directly several times. Records just don't go back far enough to prove it. Nevertheless, this should shed more light on the issue.

Bermuda is probably the most exposed piece of real estate in the entire Atlantic because of the natural tendency of Cape Verde storms to recurve. It's also probably the safest place to ride out a hurricane because of their incredibly strict building code.

[CrazyC83]

I'm sure they have been hit directly several times. Records just don't go back far enough to prove it. Nevertheless, this should shed more light on the issue.

Bermuda is probably the most exposed piece of real estate in the entire Atlantic because of the natural tendency of Cape Verde storms to recurve. It's also probably the safest place to ride out a hurricane because of their incredibly strict building code.

IIRC, only 4 people died in Fabian there. (The rest died offshore)

[hiflyer]

As you can see little reef on the s/e side....Fabian blew water up in Howard Bay flooding the airport terminal at the top left of the bay and the road causeway from the island to the south to the terminal.

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[yzerfan]

And three of the four people from Fabian died from drowning because they decided to go out in the middle of the storm, and got swept off a bridge that should have been closed.

IIRC, the NHC was also getting snippy with Bermudan officials because it felt like the building codes there might be giving some people a false sense of security about the approaching storm.


HURRICANE FABIAN DISCUSSION NUMBER 36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT FRI SEP 05 2003

ALTHOUGH THE EYE IS NOT VISIBLE AT THIS TIME ON SATELLITE
IMAGERY...MICROWAVE DATA STILL SHOWS THE PRESENCE OF A LARGE AND WELL-DEFINED EYE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE THAT INDICATED THAT THE EYE WAS LARGE AND ELONGATED. THE MINIMUM PRESSURE HAS RISEN TO 951 BUT FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS WERE 118 KNOTS. THIS DATA SUPPORT AN INITIAL INTENSITY OF 105 KNOTS AT THIS TIME. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING THEN SHOULD BEGIN THEREAFTER...AS THE SHEAR INCREASES ANDTHE HURRICANE ENCOUNTERS COOL WATERS. FABIAN SHOULD BEGIN TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL BY 48 HOURS.

FABIAN IS MOVING NORTHWARD OR 355 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS. FABIAN INNER CORE IS EXPECTED TO PASS VERY CLOSE TO BERMUDA THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT...UNFORTUNATELY...THE PROJECTED TRACK BRINGS THE EAST EYEWALL WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE ISLAND. FABIAN IS READY TO RECURVE AND IN ABOUT 12 TO 24 HOURS...IT WILL BE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

BERMUDA IS ALREADY EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS AND THE WEATHER SHOULD GRADUALLY WORSEN. BERMUDA OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEIR HURRICANE PLANS AND AT THIS TIME...WE CAN ONLY HOPE FOR THE BEST.

FORECASTER AVILA

[NC George]

I don't think that was being snippy. It is just the truth, what more could they do with winds already approaching hurricane force? It's not like the people could all evacuate the island.

[yzerfan]

It's not a message I've seen when even stronger storms are headed for other small islands. (Caymans, Bahamas, etc.)

[StormTracker]

If Flo tracks the NHC's plotted track the way it stands right now, it will be an exact duplicate of Fabian's track!!!

[StormTracker]

Does anybody know if there has ever been an exact track overlay by 2 or more different storms???