How Many People Think that a Monster Hurricane Will Hit

[gatorcane]

I want to get an idea of how many people think a "monster" hurricane will hit the U.S. this year. By "monster", I don't mean the hurricanes of 2004 because they were not monster by any means. I mean super hurricanes like Camille, Gilbert, Mitch, Andrew, or even Luis. Conditions in the Atlantic are expected to be very favorable to form a monster hurricane this year.

[lilbump3000]

All these earthquakes that have been happening all over the world in like the past 6-7months, I think someones coastline might be in danger this year.

[HURAKAN]

All these earthquakes that have been happening all over the world in like the past 6-7months, I think someones coastline might be in danger this year.

No correlation whatsoever!

[cyclonaut]

Yeah I have got a bad feeling..A real big one is long past due.

[feederband]

I want to get an idea of how many people think a "monster" hurricane will hit the U.S. this year. By "monster", I don't mean the hurricanes of 2004 because they were not monster by any means. I mean super hurricanes like Camille, Gilbert, Mitch, Andrew, or even Luis. Conditions in the Atlantic are expected to be very favorable to form a monster hurricane this year.

I don't know.....I suppose it can happen any year... This year? I hope not.... Especially hope not a Florida hit...

[Brent]

Hard to say... I think the U.S. is "due" but it could be this year or it could be 10 years from now.

What's your definition of "monster" BTW? A Cat 5 is EXTREMELY unlikely and Charley was a Strong 4 last year(although very small and a fast mover).

[Scorpion]

No I dont think the US will get hit by a super hurricane though I do think there will be one this year it will weaken before hitting land.

[HurricaneQueen]

Luis was a monster if you went through it in the Islands! Ten years later the natives are still talking about it. Life is calculated pre and post Luis. Speaking from first hand experience... I will NEVER forget what it was like during and after the storm. If a Luis hit our house, it would no longer be in existence.

Lynn

[cyclonaut]

Scorpion;

I would call this monstrous.


To me a monster is a upper CAT 3 & up & they have hit before & will hit again.

[cyclonaut]

I do think there will be one this year it will weaken before hitting land.

Thats just wishful thinking..What if it strengthens before hitting land?

[Brent]

I consider a "monster" to be a LARGE Strong 3 or 4 or any Cat 5 hurricane. Any hurricane is significant, but those are the monsters.

Ivan was a 5 three times last year but weakened to a 3 by landfall.

Isabel was also a Cat 5 several times during it's life in 2003 but weakened to a 2 by landfall

Floyd in 1999 was *very* close to a 5 when it moved over the Bahamas.

Opal of course was almost a 5 12 hours before landfall...

and so on and so forth.

[AussieMark]

I was thinking u meant like a category 4 or 5 that is large in area.

Like Floyd was when he approached the Bahamas in 1999

[clfenwi]

It is hard to argue that the U.S. is 'due' when the spacing between the big ones has been ~ 25 years (1933/1969/1992).

I vote no.

[Scorpion]

Monster to me means the golden league of hurricanes such as Camille,Gilbert,Labor Day Hurricane, Allen, Andrew.

[boca]

I'm not sure hard to say. If we keep on having troughs in the East no way. Things could change usually the long trackers are the once to watch.

[Radar]

It is funny how when people talk about dangerous and devastating storms they almost NEVER talk about Hurricane Hugo... Hurricane Hugo was one of the most devastating storms to hit the US (not to mention Puerto Rico, Guadelope and Monserrat) in RECENT history... I consider Hugo with it's 135 mph winds when it hit S Carolina to definately be a Monster storm. Sure Hugo didnt pack the punch that Camille did as far as wind speed is concerned but if you consider the size of the storm Hugo was a monster and I think deserves some Monster respect....

Facts on Hugo:

Hurricane Hugo is the most intense hurricane to strike Georgia and the Carolinas in the last 100 years. In the 20th century, along the United States east coast (north of Florida) - no tropical cyclone has ever recorded a lower pressure, stronger winds, or higher tidal surges at landfall. The only hurricane that approaches Hugo's stature in the 20th century is Hurricane Hazel of 1954. It is likely that Hugo is the most intense tropical cyclone to strike South Carolina since the Great Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893.

In the middle of September 1989, millions of people throughout the Caribbean and the United States watched in profound amazement as Hurricane Hugo traveled thousands of miles with great intensity. On September 22 , five days after Hugo had left Guadeloupe and Montserrat in shambles, the tropical cyclone was 1,500 miles away in the United States - still ripping roofs off buildings in South Carolina. In terms of size, intensity, and destruction, Hugo was a record storm.

[gatorcane]

interesting how the results are very even right now.....

[Brent]

I ALWAYS forget Hugo... I just don't remember it as much as Camille, Andrew, or the recent ones for some reason.

[clfenwi]

As one could guess from my post I consider 'monster' to be the exclusive cat 5 club.

Hugo is historically significant because of where it made landfall. But, if it made landfall in Florida or the Gulf it would be less special (i.e. not top ten in strength).

Not to say that Hugo was a slouch; far from it. After all, at the time, Hugo was the most expensive hurricane ever. It certainly made an impression on me at the time.

But that impression, like the cost of damge record, was blown away by Andrew.

[Radar]

As one could guess from my post I consider 'monster' to be the exclusive cat 5 club.

Hugo is historically significant because of where it made landfall. But, if it made landfall in Florida or the Gulf it would be less special (i.e. not top ten in strength).

Not to say that Hugo was a slouch; far from it. After all, at the time, Hugo was the most expensive hurricane ever. It certainly made an impression on me at the time.

But that impression, like the cost of damge record, was blown away by Andrew.

Certainly you make some excellent points and it can be debated if "just" catagory 5's should be the storms to be considered "monsters". To call a truce lets just say, Hugo was a very impressionable storm with "some" monster characteristics....