Can You Imagine Years Like This?

[MiamiensisWx]

Has anyone ever noticed that in the periods of the 1400s (at least) to the early to middle 1800s just how many storms were reported and how many impacted the islands in the Caribbean (e.g., Cuba, Hispaniola, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and Puerto Rico), the Yucatan Peninsula, the Texas and Mexican shores, and the rest of what is now the U.S. Gulf coast (especially in the areas where there is New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Pensacola, and northwest Florida)? Do researching on it. Check out just how many storms came near New Orleans and made landfall near where Katrina and Camille did; in fact, certain towns and areas along the coast were repeadtedly pounded by storms. Imagine a season like that where all Cape Verde storms that form south of a certain latitude make it all the way across, hammering the islands of the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula and eventually hitting the U.S. Gulf coast? I can't imagine the death toll if Katrina was a Cape Verde storm that hit all the islands in the Caribbean (first the Leewards, then Puerto Rico, then Hispaniola, then finally Cuba), pounded the Florida Keys and Key West, then did the same track and intensity and landfall location after that as she did. Also, in the period I mentioned above, there seems to have been an incredible amount of probable Category Three and Category Four storms. I can't imagine if we start having seasons like that.

Imagine seasons were tracks like these are the norm... imagine the destruction...




Opinions and thoughts and comments are welcome!

[Ivanhater]

well i dont have to really imagine....my area has been hit hard with hurricanes over the years....however some areas have been real lucky over the years and eventually luck is running out for them

[MiamiensisWx]

well i dont have to really imagine....my area has been hit hard with hurricanes over the years....however some areas have been real lucky over the years and eventually luck is running out for them

I know... I was just pointing out that past activity and destruction may have been even more than now. It proves that things can and will eventually get worse for times.

[Ivanhater]

well i dont have to really imagine....my area has been hit hard with hurricanes over the years....however some areas have been real lucky over the years and eventually luck is running out for them

I know... I was just pointing out that past activity and destruction may have been even more than now. It proves that things can and will eventually get worse for times.

no doubt, we are in crazy times right now

[MiamiensisWx]

no doubt, we are in crazy times right now

It is scary to think about, but if you look at old logs of seafarers and explorers from the 1400s and 1500s into the 1800s, you will notice what I said above. Activity during that time and a long time before that was likely even more active and destructive than today. It proves that, compared to those periods, even this terrible period may be very easily a cakewalk. Do you agree?

[Ivanhater]

no doubt, we are in crazy times right now

It is scary to think about, but if you look at old logs of seafarers and explorers from the 1400s and 1500s into the 1800s, you will notice what I said above. Activity during that time and a long time before that was likely even more active and destructive than today. It proves that, compared to those periods, even this terrible period may be very easily a cakewalk. Do you agree?

oh ya, i got a book for christmas about past hurricanes in the pensacola area, amazing stuff....some interesting facts that pensacola was americas 1st settlement in 1559 but was destroyed by a hurricane , it was certainly rough back then

[MiamiensisWx]

oh ya, i got a book for christmas about past hurricanes in the pensacola area, amazing stuff....some interesting facts that pensacola was americas 1st settlement in 1559 but was destroyed by a hurricane , it was certainly rough back then

Many experts say we will likely head back into such a period. In other words, things may very well get much, much worse.

[Ivanhater]

oh ya, i got a book for christmas about past hurricanes in the pensacola area, amazing stuff....some interesting facts that pensacola was americas 1st settlement in 1559 but was destroyed by a hurricane , it was certainly rough back then

Many experts say we will likely head back into such a period. In other words, things may very well get much, much worse.

yep, started in 1995, and many more years to go...not good

[MiamiensisWx]

Another amazing thing is how many storms hit near New Orleans or in Louisiana or Mississippi back then. Imagine a period of repeated Category Three or Category Four or even Category Five strikes on that area... I shudder what would happen. It may very well happen again.

[MiamiensisWx]

Compared to those periods, things really quieted down from the late 1800s onward... even after 1995, there were several periods (such as 2000 and 2001) in which the Atlantic had fairly benign activity compared to other periods. Get ready...

[Ivanhater]

crap, just went under a tornado warning!!!! gtg!

[MiamiensisWx]

Oh. Uh-oh! Hope you stay safe, ivanhater!

[CHRISTY]

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

That path would bring high winds into my area no doubt

[MiamiensisWx]

Uhhh... the 1926 Miami Hurricane was not in the period I was referring to. I was referring to the period from at least the 1400s to the middle 1800s in activity.

[MiamiensisWx]

By the way, many early explorers and conquistadors experienced hurricanes in the Caribbean region and around Florida and the eastern U.S. coast. Christopher Columbus likely went through a hurricane.

[Ivanhater]

ok back, nothing like severe wx in january! geez

[MiamiensisWx]

Good, ivanhater! Did you see my comment above about explorers having encounters with hurricanes during that period?

[Ivanhater]

Good, ivanhater! Did you see my comment above about explorers having encounters with hurricanes during that period?

ya, good point...i think there were some monster storms during that time

[MiamiensisWx]

ya, good point...i think there were some monster storms during that time

Actually, I think there were MANY monster storms during that time, especially Category Four storms. Also, the period likely extended well before the 1400s, since no European sailors are known to have explored or documented storms before Christopher Columbus. Do you agree?