Which East Coast Hurricane since 1995 was the Worst

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Which EC Hurricane was the worst since 1995

Erin
0
No votes
Bertha
0
No votes
Fran
3
6%
Bonnie
0
No votes
Dennis
0
No votes
Floyd
14
29%
Irene
0
No votes
Isabel
9
19%
Alex
0
No votes
Charley
10
21%
Frances
1
2%
Gaston
0
No votes
Jeanne
1
2%
Katrina
4
8%
Ophelia
0
No votes
Rita
2
4%
Wilma
4
8%
 
Total votes: 48

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Derek Ortt

Which East Coast Hurricane since 1995 was the Worst

#1 Postby Derek Ortt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:27 pm

lets hear your opinions. Charley and Wilma are included here
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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:43 pm

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#3 Postby NetZero06 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:48 pm

Why is Rita here? Because it brushed the keys?
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#4 Postby Derek Ortt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:53 pm

yeah,

only consider Rita's effect on the Keys
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#5 Postby Coredesat » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:11 pm

I voted Isabel. Unlike the other thread, I've been through a lot of these, so I can't make one of those "whoops, forgot to look at the statistics" mistakes. I almost voted for Frances, though.
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#6 Postby Jim Cantore » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:16 pm

I voted Floyd for 2 reasons

1. Personal experence

2. It was the costliest storm to hit North Carolina and at the time was the deadliest U.S hurricane in 27 years
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#7 Postby Derek Ortt » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:17 pm

I voted for Charley because it leveled Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte, plus hit Orlando hard, but it also went on to affect the entire East Coast. Only one on the list to do so
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#8 Postby quandary » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:24 pm

My vote goes to Floyd because of its underappreciated strength (155mph and either 921mb or 917mb) and the immense flooding. This was biblical flooding ... wasn't the entire eastern half of NC under water or something like that? It took flood waters over three weeks to recede. (are my facts straight here?)
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#9 Postby Jim Cantore » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:37 pm

quandary wrote:My vote goes to Floyd because of its underappreciated strength (155mph and either 921mb or 917mb) and the immense flooding. This was biblical flooding ... wasn't the entire eastern half of NC under water or something like that? It took flood waters over three weeks to recede. (are my facts straight here?)


All I know is there was $4.5 Billion in damage and over 60 deaths and by todays standards thats still a bad hurricane
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#10 Postby Matt-hurricanewatcher » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:15 pm

1# Charley
2# Floyd
3# Isabel
4# Wilma
5# Katrina
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#11 Postby NCHurricane » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:41 pm

Floyd for me.

You could measure some of its rainfall totals in feet from NC up to NJ, and, as was mentioned up above, a very deadly storm.

Some places around here are still coming back from the storm, even 6 years after.
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#12 Postby Jim Cantore » Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:18 pm

NCHurricane wrote:Floyd for me.

You could measure some of its rainfall totals in feet from NC up to NJ, and, as was mentioned up above, a very deadly storm.

Some places around here are still coming back from the storm, even 6 years after.


We almost never hurricanes here but we were part of Floyds floodathon

record rainfall totals and flooding from it
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#13 Postby Brent » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:07 pm

Charley, then Floyd.
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#14 Postby f5 » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:21 pm

if Andrew were listed he would get all the votes the same way Katrina would on the gulf side
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#15 Postby KWT » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:49 am

Has to be Charley for me, though Isabel and Flyod are a close tied second.
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#16 Postby Scorpion » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:02 am

I would say Charley with Floyd second and Isabel third.
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#17 Postby Hurricaneman » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:30 am

Floyd
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#18 Postby john potter » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:24 pm

Floyd, then Isabel, then Charley. Floyd kept a lot of its intensity over the Chesapeake Bay, through eastern Pennsylvania and up into New York State. In Federalsburg, MD (near Ocean City), I measured 11.30 inches rainfall in 6 hours from Floyd. Isabel's NW angle of attack produced the worst hurrricane surge in 100 years throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. To my mind, Charley was the most video-documented category 4 hurricane ever experienced.
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#19 Postby Derek Ortt » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:13 pm

a little surprised that Rita received 2 votes, while Georges received none
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#20 Postby brunota2003 » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:22 pm

Isabel!!! I cant believe the only hurricane beating Isabel is Charley, and thats by one vote!!! I got alot of video during Isabel here to!!! lol
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