Hurricane Bertha Anniversary

#1 Postby **cycloneye** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:26 am

All who live in the NE caribbean remember well Hurricane Bertha on this date in 1996.My experience with it as the eye passed around 50 miles north of San Juan was torrential rain and winds gusting up to 50 mph but nothing more than that.

#2 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:34 am

Bertha passed over me the early on the morning of july 13. Damage here was minimal although there were a few weak tornadoes.

Bane · #3 Postby **Bane** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:27 am

I remember when she made landfall near Wilmington that year. That was the beginning to the eastern NC hurricane onslaught.

#4 Postby **brunota2003** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:39 am

I was only 5 at the time...but Bertha did change my life...We were in the process of moving our trailer from MCAS Cherry Point to central Va...well the stuff was all up in Va but the trailer was down in NC still, my parents dropped me off at grandmas house, where we were going to put the trailer about 150 yards away from her house, and left. I was begging and crying and screaming to come with them, but they refused...of course I didnt take it very light-hearted...(notice my interest in Tropical Weather now? :lol:

its all pretty much due to Bertha, I had already liked weather before she hit, but Bertha was the nail in the coffin so to say) Most people would stay out of their trailers if a Cat 1 was going to impact the area...but not my parents... :lol:

They came back saying that tops of pine trees were touching the ground but werent breaking, that some of the nearby MP's forced them to evacute to the local gym DURING the hurricane, and that a power transformer across the street from the gym exploded, so they got a nice fireworks show. The trailer itself did remarkable...not one shingle came off nor did one piece of siding, we were the only ones in the trailer park on base that did not receive any damage.

#5 Postby **storms in NC** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:11 am

Yeah I remmber her she is the one the turned my dog upside down while in the dog house. She would never go back in there after that. Funny thing she knew when a storm was coming after that too. She would try and get i the house. But we lost her between Dinnis and Floyd. She was 17 years old. Was glad she was in so much pain.She was a three leg dog.

HurricaneBill · #6 Postby **HurricaneBill** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:38 pm

Hurricane Bertha was noteworthy for being an unusually early Cape Verde hurricane.

Jim Cantore · #7 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:16 pm

I remember it for being the first Hurricane I ever tracked, and remember being hit by.

#8 Postby **george_r_1961** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:06 pm

Every July 13 here I tell everyone Happy Bertha Day :lol:

Sorry for my attempt at humor: Im bored.

Jim Cantore · #9 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:26 pm

shaggy · #10 Postby **shaggy** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:40 pm

the only time i ever went directly thru an eye of a hurricane.The crossed my county from the south moving due north.The winds went calm and it seemed to happen almost instantly within a minute or so the winds went from gusting to 80+ to calm.The wierdest part was how you could hear the other side coming in a ever growing rumble as the eye was about to complete its trek across us.I was 21 at the time and was already interested in canes but she was the first real hit we had taken in many years.To my surprise we were hit harder a few weeks later by fran when we had a peak wind gust of 106mph which was way worse than bertha.

#11 Postby **Hybridstorm_November2001** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:56 pm

The center of Bertha, as a still 50 kt tropical storm, passed very close to my house; in the predawn hours of July 14th. The wind and rain were so loud that they woke me out of a sound sleep around 3:00 am local time. I was actually surprised with the strength of the system being the most wicked since Bob in 1991, and there for a couple of hours I was concerned that I had only half heartily prepared for her. I was lucky, and that was only minimum damage in my area, but that night is an experience I will not soon forget.

#12 Postby **storms in NC** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:39 pm

Yeah that is when my brother moved up here from fla. Then we got hit so many times we got money up to move them back. But Fla didn't want them either LOL so I am stuck with him next door. Well Mom and Dad Live between us lol They moved up here too.

Jim Cantore · #13 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:14 pm

July 12th, Bertha hits with winds at 105mph and a pressure of 974mb.

Final numbers

Lifespan: July 5-14th 1996
Top Winds: 115mph
Lowest Pressure: 960mb
U.S landfall: Between Wilmington and Topsail Beach North Carolina, 105mph 974mb.
Highest Wind Gust: 115mph at Frying Pan Shoals North Carolina.
Deaths: 12
Damage total: $270 Million

#14 Postby **storms in NC** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:15 pm

The eye came over us.

Jim Cantore · #15 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:39 pm

Bertha was the first Hurricane I ever tracked and remember being in (I dont remember Bob, I was a year old)

I lived in Philly at the time

we had a sustained wind of 34mph with a gust to 41mph at the storms peak.

Harvey Cedars New Jersey saw a peak gust of 63mph
Atlantic city had a peak gust of 42mph and a 2.23 foot storm surge.
Avalon New Jersey (where I was for Isabel) had sustained winds at 41mph

Extremeweatherguy · #16 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:03 am

I remember Bertha well. I lived in FL at the time and watched it come ashore on TV in the carolinas. I can still vividly remember pictures on TWC of garage doors being blown in on many coastal homes.

#17 Postby **storms in NC** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:14 am

I think out of all the hurricans in the 90's here in NC Fran's winds were the worse here.

Jim Cantore · #18 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:18 am

storms in NC wrote:I think out of all the hurricans in the 90's here in NC Fran's winds were the worse here.

well it's sustained winds were the highest

Bertha: 105mph
Fran: 115mph
Bonnie: 110mph
Dennis: 70mph
Floyd: 105mph

Floyd was the most destructive though, actually the most destructive in NC's history

Bertha: $270 Million
Fran: $3.2 Billion
Bonnie: $720 Million
Dennis: $157 Million
Floyd: $4.5 Billion

#19 Postby **storms in NC** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:29 am

Hurricane Floyd wrote:
storms in NC wrote:I think out of all the hurricans in the 90's here in NC Fran's winds were the worse here.

well it's sustained winds were the highest

Bertha: 105mph
Fran: 115mph
Bonnie: 110mph
Dennis: 70mph
Floyd: 105mph

Floyd was the most destructive though, actually the most destructive in NC's history

Bertha: $270 Million
Fran: $3.2 Billion
Bonnie: $720 Million
Dennis: $157 Million
Floyd: $4.5 Billion

I know about floyd I was one of thoes who lost their home to him. Water was hre for a 11 days. Took us a year and half to rebiuld.
But the smell was so bad. We had hogs chickens turkeys ect... in the waters dead. Some times I can still smell it for just a sec. I know it is me but I do.

Jim Cantore · #20 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:13 am

storms in NC wrote:
Hurricane Floyd wrote:
storms in NC wrote:I think out of all the hurricans in the 90's here in NC Fran's winds were the worse here.

well it's sustained winds were the highest

Bertha: 105mph
Fran: 115mph
Bonnie: 110mph
Dennis: 70mph
Floyd: 105mph

Floyd was the most destructive though, actually the most destructive in NC's history

Bertha: $270 Million
Fran: $3.2 Billion
Bonnie: $720 Million
Dennis: $157 Million
Floyd: $4.5 Billion
I know about floyd I was one of thoes who lost their home to him. Water was hre for a 11 days. Took us a year and half to rebiuld.
But the smell was so bad. We had hogs chickens turkeys ect... in the waters dead. Some times I can still smell it for just a sec. I know it is me but I do.

Floyd Beat us up too, I didnt have any damage but there was alot of flooding in our area.

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