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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
 
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{{incomplete|State, severity and remarks still need to be filled for all hurricanes.}}
The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) to determine the severity and the {{w|National Centers for Enrvironmental Prediction}}'s (NCEP) rainfall to determine where the hurricane was present. Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name.
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The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) to determine the severity and the {{w|National Centers for Enrvironmental Prediction}}'s (NCEP) rainfall to determin where the hurricane was present. Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name.
  
 
The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later.
 
The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later.
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Hurricanes and especially their names have been featured before in comics [[453: Upcoming Hurricanes]], [[944: Hurricane Names]] and [[1126: Epsilon and Zeta]].
 
Hurricanes and especially their names have been featured before in comics [[453: Upcoming Hurricanes]], [[944: Hurricane Names]] and [[1126: Epsilon and Zeta]].
  
===Listed hurricanes===
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===Listed Hurricanes===
 
A full list of North Atlantic hurricanes after {{w|Tropical cyclone naming}} was introduced can be found {{w|List_of_historic_tropical_cyclone_names#North_Atlantic|here}}.
 
A full list of North Atlantic hurricanes after {{w|Tropical cyclone naming}} was introduced can be found {{w|List_of_historic_tropical_cyclone_names#North_Atlantic|here}}.
  
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!Highest winds
 
!Highest winds
 
!Lowest pressure  
 
!Lowest pressure  
!Casualties  
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!Casualties
(Est. total)
+
!Damage estimate (USD) (Without inflation)
!Damage estimate  
+
!Remarks
(USD; uninflated)
 
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1915
+
||1915
||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
+
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1915 II}}
 
||LA TX OK AR
 
||LA TX OK AR
||145 mph
+
||145 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||400
 
||400
 
||$50 million
 
||$50 million
 +
||Hit hardest along the Texas coastline near {{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1915
 
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
||145 mph
+
||145 mph
 
||931 mbar
 
||931 mbar
 
||275
 
||275
 
||$13 million
 
||$13 million
 +
||Hit hardest in the areas near {{w|1915_New_Orleans_hurricane|New Orleans}}.
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1916
+
||1916
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||SC NC
 
||SC NC
||115 mph
+
||115 mph
 
||960 mbar
 
||960 mbar
 
||7
 
||7
 
||$100,000
 
||$100,000
 +
||Caused 7 deaths and $100,000 in damages in South Carolina, with 80 deaths and $15-$20 million in damages in North Carolina.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1916
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||TX
 
||TX
||135 mph
+
||135 mph
 
||932 mbar
 
||932 mbar
 
||15
 
||15
 
||$1.8 million
 
||$1.8 million
 +
||Hit hardest along the west side of {{w|1916_Texas_hurricane|Texas}}'s coastline.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1918
 
||1918
 
||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||LA
 
||LA
||120 mph
+
||120 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
 
||34
 
||34
 
||$5 million
 
||$5 million
 +
||Hit hardest in western Louisiana.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1921
 
||1921
 
||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||140 mph
+
||140 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||6
 
||6
 
||$3 million
 
||$3 million
 +
||Hit hardest in {{w|1921_Tampa_Bay_hurricane|Tampa Bay}}.
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="4"|1926
+
||1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||140 mph
+
||140 mph
 
||967 mbar
 
||967 mbar
 
||<287
 
||<287
 
||$16,401,000
 
||$16,401,000
 +
||Hit hardest in {{w|1926_Nassau_hurricane|Nassau}} and a small area of north-eastern Florida.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||GA
 
||GA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||967 mbar
 
||967 mbar
 
||unknown
 
||unknown
 
||unreported
 
||unreported
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||TX LA AL
 
||TX LA AL
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
 
||25
 
||25
 
||$6million
 
||$6million
 +
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}} did not hit land where indicated on the map. What is labelled "1926 II" is most likely Hurricane III which did make land around Lousiana but affected the entire coast line from Mobile Alabama. Hit hardest at the end of the Florida panhandle. {{w|1926_Louisiana_hurricane|Louisiana}}
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||FL AL MS LA
 
||FL AL MS LA
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||930 mbar
 
||930 mbar
 
||478
 
||478
 
||$22 billion
 
||$22 billion
 +
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}} did not hit Miami as indicated on the map, instead it hit west Louisiana and Texas. What is labelled "1926 III" is most likely hurricane seven instead. It the {{w|1926_Miami_hurricane|Miami}} area the hardest. The costliest hurricane in US history.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1928
 
||1928
 
||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
||FL SC NC
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||≤ 929 mbar
 
||≤ 929 mbar
||<4,078
+
||
||$100 million
+
||
 +
||{{w|1928_Okeechobee_hurricane|Okeechobee}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1932
 
||1932
||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
+
||{{w|1932_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1932 II}}
 
||TX
 
||TX
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
||40
+
||
||$7.5 million
+
||
 +
||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1933
 
||1933
 
||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||NC VA MD PA
 
||NC VA MD PA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
||31
+
||
||$27 million
+
||
 +
||Hit hardest along the western side of {{w|1933_Chesapeake-Potomac_hurricane|Chesapeake Bay}}.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1935
 
||1935
 
||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||185&nbsp;mph
+
||185 mph
 
||892 mbar
 
||892 mbar
||<400
+
||
||unreported
+
||
 +
||Hit hardest on {{w|1935_Labor_Day_hurricane|Labor Day}} along two areas of western Florida. The 1935 hurricane is notable for being the strongest hurricane in American history.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1938
 
||1938
||{{w|1938_New_England_hurricane|New England}}
+
||{{w|1938_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1938 VI}}
 
||NY CT
 
||NY CT
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
||682
+
||
||$300 million
+
||
 +
||Known as Great New England Hurricane. Hit hardest around Long Island and Connecticut, {{w|1938_New_England_hurricane|New England}}. Although Sandy caused more monetary damage to the New Jersey/NYC area, the 1938 hurricane was more powerful and resulted in far more deaths, totaling over 700.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1940
 
||1940
 
||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||SC NC
 
||SC NC
||100&nbsp;mph
+
||100 mph
 
||972 mbar
 
||972 mbar
||50
+
||
||$13 million
+
||
 +
||{{w|1940_South_Carolina_hurricane|South Carolina}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1941
 
||1941
 
||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||LA TX
 
||LA TX
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
||4
+
||
||$7 million
+
||
 +
||{{w|1941_Texas_hurricane|Texas}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1942
 
||1942
||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
+
||{{w|1942_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1942 III}}
 
||TX NM OK
 
||TX NM OK
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
||8
+
||
||$26.5 million
+
||
 +
||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1944
+
||1944
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||NY NC to CT
 
||NY NC to CT
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||933 mbar
 
||933 mbar
 
||390
 
||390
 
||<$100 million
 
||<$100 million
 +
||{{w|1944_Great_Atlantic_hurricane|Great Atlantic hurricane}}
 
|-
 
|-
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
+
||1944
 +
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XII}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||937 mbar
 
||937 mbar
 
||300
 
||300
 
||$100 million
 
||$100 million
 +
||{{w|1944_Cuba–Florida_hurricane|Cuba–Florida}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1946
 
||1946
 
||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||FL NC
 
||FL NC
||100&nbsp;mph
+
||100 mph
 
||977 mbar
 
||977 mbar
 
||5 (in Cuba)
 
||5 (in Cuba)
 
||$5.2 million
 
||$5.2 million
 +
||{{w|1946_Florida_hurricane|Florida}} Became extra-tropical over NC
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1947
 
||1947
||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
+
||{{w|1947_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Nine_.28King.29|1947 IX}}
 
||FL GA SN NC
 
||FL GA SN NC
||105&nbsp;mph
+
||105 mph
 
||965 mbar
 
||965 mbar
 
||1
 
||1
 
||$20 million
 
||$20 million
 +
||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1949
 
||1949
 
||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||FL GA to NH
 
||FL GA to NH
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
 
||2
 
||2
 
||$52 million
 
||$52 million
 +
||{{w|1949_Florida_hurricane|Florida}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1950
 
||1950
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||FL GA AK
 
||FL GA AK
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||958 mbar
 
||958 mbar
 
||2
 
||2
 
||$3.3 million
 
||$3.3 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="3"|1954
+
||1954
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||957 mbar
 
||957 mbar
 
||72
 
||72
 
||$462 million
 
||$462 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1954
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||≤ 954 mbar
 
||≤ 954 mbar
 
||29
 
||29
 
||>$42.8 million
 
||>$42.8 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1954
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||≤ 937 mbar
 
||≤ 937 mbar
 
||1,000-1,200
 
||1,000-1,200
 
||$420 million
 
||$420 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1955
+
||1955
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY  
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY  
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||936 mbar
 
||936 mbar
 
||74
 
||74
 
||<$86 million
 
||<$86 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1955
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT  
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT  
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||≤ 969 mbar
 
||≤ 969 mbar
 
||≥184
 
||≥184
 
||$754.7 million
 
||$754.7 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1957
 
||1957
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||945 mbar
 
||945 mbar
 
||<416
 
||<416
 
||$147 million
 
||$147 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1958
 
||1958
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||SC to ME
 
||SC to ME
||135&nbsp;mph
+
||135 mph
 
||934 mbar
 
||934 mbar
 
||1
 
||1
 
||$11.4 million
 
||$11.4 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1959
 
||1959
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||SC GA VA PA
 
||SC GA VA PA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||22
 
||22
 
||$14 million
 
||$14 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1960
 
||1960
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH  
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH  
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||932 mbar
 
||932 mbar
 
||164-364
 
||164-364
 
||$900 million
 
||$900 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1961
+
||1961
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA  
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA  
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||931 mbar
 
||931 mbar
 
||43
 
||43
||$325.74 million
+
||$325.74
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1961
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||927 mbar
 
||927 mbar
 
||7
 
||7
 
||$6 million
 
||$6 million
 +
||Labelled incorrectly as 1951. The first cyclone to be discovered using satellite.
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1964
+
||1964
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
 
||5
 
||5
 
||$250 million
 
||$250 million
 +
||The first hurricane-strength tropical cyclone on record to make landfall over the extreme northeast coast of Florida in the almost 80 years of record keeping. It killed five people.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1964
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||38
 
||38
 
||$126 million
 
||$126 million
 +
||Most intense of season, lasting 7 days and killing 38
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1965
 
||1965
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
||155&nbsp;mph  
+
||155 mph  
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||81
 
||81
 
||$1.42 billion
 
||$1.42 billion
 +
||Tropical Cyclone
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1966
 
||1966
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
||FL (up to FL/GA border)
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||970 mbar
 
||970 mbar
||91
+
||
||$210.1 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1967
 
||1967
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
||TX
+
||
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
||923 mbar
+
||&le; 923 mbar
||688
+
||
||$1 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1969
 
||1969
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
||MS LA WV VA
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||900 mbar
 
||900 mbar
||259
+
||
||$1.42 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1970
 
||1970
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
||FL TX
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||945 mbar
 
||945 mbar
||28
+
||
||$930 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1972
 
||1972
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
+
||
||85&nbsp;mph
+
||85 mph
 
||977 mbar
 
||977 mbar
||128
+
||
||$2.1 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1974
 
||1974
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
||LA TX
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||928 mbar
 
||928 mbar
||8
+
||
||$162 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1975
 
||1975
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
||FL
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
||80
+
||
||$560 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|1979
+
||1979
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
||FL
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||924 mbar
 
||924 mbar
||<2,068
+
||
||$1.54 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1979
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
||FL AS MS
+
||
||135&nbsp;mph
+
||135 mph
 
||943 mbar
 
||943 mbar
||14
+
||
||$2.3 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1980
 
||1980
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
||TX
+
||
||190&nbsp;mph
+
||190 mph
 
||899 mbar
 
||899 mbar
||269
+
||
||$1.24 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1984
 
||1984
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
||FL SC NC
+
||
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||949 mbar
 
||949 mbar
||3
+
||
||$65.5 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="3"|1985
+
||1985
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
||FL AL MS LA AR KY
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||953 mbar
 
||953 mbar
||9
+
||
||$1.3 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
+
||1985
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
+
||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Glora}}
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||
 +
||145 mph
 
||919 mbar
 
||919 mbar
||14
+
||
||$900 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||1985
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
||Fl GA
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
||15
+
||
||$700 million
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1989
 
||1989
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
||SC NC VA WV OH VI
+
||
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||918 mbar
 
||918 mbar
||±107
+
||
||$10 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1991
 
||1991
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
||17
+
||
||$1.5 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1992
 
||1992
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
||FL LA
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||922 mbar
 
||922 mbar
||65
+
||
||$26.5 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1995
 
||1995
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
||AL FL GA
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||916 mbar
 
||916 mbar
||63
+
||
||$5.1 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1996
 
||1996
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
||SC NC VA WV MD PA
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||946 mbar
 
||946 mbar
||27
+
||
||$3.2 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1998
 
||1998
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
||NC
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
||5
+
||
||$1 billion
+
||
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||1999
 
||1999
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||FL to ME
 
||FL to ME
||155&nbsp;mph
+
||155 mph
 
||921 mbar
 
||921 mbar
 
||77-87
 
||77-87
 
||$6.9 billion
 
||$6.9 billion
 +
||Bad weather over Florida.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||2002
 
||2002
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||LA MS AK
 
||LA MS AK
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||938 mbar
 
||938 mbar
 
||15
 
||15
 
||$925 million
 
||$925 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 
||2003
 
||2003
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||NC to PA
 
||NC to PA
||165&nbsp;mph
+
||165 mph
 
||915 mbar
 
||915 mbar
 
||51
 
||51
 
||$5.37 billion
 
||$5.37 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="5"|2004
+
||2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
||FL SC NC
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||35
 
||35
 
||$16.3 billion
 
||$16.3 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
||VI PR FL
+
||
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
 
||49
 
||49
 
||$9 billion
 
||$9 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
||SC NC VA MD DE MA
+
||
||75&nbsp;mph
+
||75 mph
 
||985 mbar
 
||985 mbar
 
||9
 
||9
 
||$130 million
 
||$130 million
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
||AL FL LA TX
+
||
||165&nbsp;mph
+
||165 mph
 
||910 mbar
 
||910 mbar
 
||123
 
||123
 
||$18 billion
 
||$18 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
||VI PR FL
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||<3,035
 
||<3,035
 
||$7 billion
 
||$7 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="3"|2005
+
||2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||930 mbar
 
||930 mbar
 
||89
 
||89
 
||$4 billion
 
||$4 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
||FL LA MS AL
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||902 mbar
 
||902 mbar
 
||<1,833
 
||<1,833
 
||$108 billion
 
||$108 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
+
||
||180&nbsp;mph
+
||180 mph
 
||895 mbar
 
||895 mbar
 
||97-125
 
||97-125
 
||$12 billion
 
||$12 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
+
||2008
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
+
||
||155&nbsp;mph
+
||155 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||153
 
||153
 
||$6.61 billion
 
||$6.61 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2008
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
||FL OH LA TX MS
+
||
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
 
||195
 
||195
 
||$37.5 billion
 
||$37.5 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
+
||2011
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
||NC CT NJ NY
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
 
||56
 
||56
 
||$16.6 billion
 
||$16.6 billion
 +
||
 
|-
 
|-
 +
||2011
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
||NY PA
+
||
||60&nbsp;mph
+
||60 mph
 
||986 mbar
 
||986 mbar
 
||18
 
||18
 
||$1.6 billion
 
||$1.6 billion
 +
||Not a hurricane, but "just" a tropical storm.
 
|-
 
|-
 
||2012
 
||2012
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
||NJ NY PA MD DE
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||286
 
||286
 
||≥ $68 billion
 
||≥ $68 billion
 +
||Hitting the New York City and New Jersey area with devastating effects for the Jersey Shore area.
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
===Irrelevant Hurricane Facts===
 +
Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, like Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 +
{{incomplete transcript}}
 +
*The current transcript below lacks all the hurricane names.
  
 
:What's The
 
:What's The
Line 611: Line 711:
 
:1914-2014
 
:1914-2014
 
:[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.]
 
:[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.]
===Map===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
!Date
 
!Hurricane name
 
!States (Postcode form)
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1915
 
||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
 
||LA TX OK AR
 
|-
 
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1916
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||SC NC
 
|-
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1918
 
||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||LA
 
|-
 
||1921
 
||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="4"|1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||GA
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||TX LA AL
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||FL AL MS LA
 
|-
 
||1928
 
||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
||1932
 
||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1933
 
||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||NC VA MD PA
 
|-
 
||1935
 
||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||1938
 
||{{w|1938_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1938 VI}}
 
||NY CT
 
|-
 
||1940
 
||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||SC NC
 
|-
 
||1941
 
||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||LA TX
 
|-
 
||1942
 
||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
 
||TX NM OK
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1944
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||NY NC to CT
 
|-
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||1946
 
||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||FL NC
 
|-
 
||1947
 
||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
 
||FL GA SN NC
 
|-
 
||1949
 
||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||FL GA to NH
 
|-
 
||1950
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||FL GA AK
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|1954
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1955
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT
 
|-
 
||1957
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
 
|-
 
||1958
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||SC to ME
 
|-
 
||1959
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||SC GA VA PA
 
|-
 
||1960
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1961
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1964
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
 
|-
 
||1965
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
 
|-
 
||1966
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
 
||FL (up to FL/GA border)
 
|-
 
||1967
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1969
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
 
||AS MS LA
 
|-
 
||1970
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
 
||FL TX
 
|-
 
||1972
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
 
||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
 
|-
 
||1974
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
 
||LA TX
 
|-
 
||1975
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1979
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
 
||FL AS MS
 
|-
 
||1980
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1984
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|1985
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
 
||FL AL MS LA AR KY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
 
||Fl GA
 
|-
 
||1989
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
 
||SC NC VA WV OH VI
 
|-
 
||1991
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
 
||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
 
|-
 
||1992
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
 
||FL LA
 
|-
 
||1995
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
 
||AL FL GA
 
|-
 
||1996
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
 
||SC NC VA WV MD PA
 
|-
 
||1998
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
 
||NC
 
|-
 
||1999
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||FL to ME
 
|-
 
||2002
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||LA MS AK
 
|-
 
||2003
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||NC to PA
 
|-
 
|rowspan="5"|2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
 
||VI PR FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
 
||SC NC VA MD DE MA
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
 
||AL FL LA TX
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
 
||VI PR FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
 
||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
 
||FL LA MS AL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
 
||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|2008
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
 
||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
 
||FL OH LA TX MS
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|2011
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
 
||NC CT NJ NY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
 
||NY PA
 
|-
 
||2012
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
 
||NJ NY PA MD DE
 
|}
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, such as Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall.
 
*Randall wrote "Esther 1951" instead of "Esther 1961" in the map.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
[[Category:Hurricanes]]
 
[[Category:Hurricanes]]
[[Category:US maps]]
+
[[Category:Maps]]

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