The Weather Channel people just said

[malaise]

that Hannah will be an East Coast hurricane sometime midweek. WTF!!!!

[Lex]

1. It changed directions, damnit!

Now coming this way. Crap.

[gi4obama]

12. Which track are they predicting? n/t

[Subdivisions]

2. OMG! TWO hurricanes at once? FEMA??? Oh, jeez.

Sounds like a national emergency in the making. Good luck everybody.

[Breeze54]

9. Actualy, that's pretty normal and FEMA has groups all over the country

they aren't just in DC and go from there... there is Emergency Management in every state!

[malaise]

11. How normal is two hurricanes

hitting the US within days of each other?

[Breeze54]

13. I was born between TWO hurricanes!

:P

It's true!

The season was a busy one for the Northeastern United States. Hurricane Carol and Hurricane Edna followed nearly identical paths, brushing North Carolina's Outer Banks before striking New England; the two storms caused $500 million (1954 US dollars) in damages. Hurricane Hazel was the worst storm of the season, killing hundreds and causing $250 million (1954 USD) in damage in a long path from Haiti to Toronto.

First storm formed: June 24, 1954

Last storm dissipated: January 6, 1955


Hurricane Carol is the most destructive tropical cyclone to hit the northeast Atlantic states since the 1938 hurricane! Carol is the most destructive hurricane to strike Connecticut, Rhode Island, or southeastern Massachuttes since since the 1869 hurricane.

http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecarol.htm

Hurricane Carol - August 31, 1954.
WINDS: 100-mph (moving at 35-mph).
PRESSURE: 28.35 inches/960 mb.
STORM - SURGE: 8 - 13 feet above Mean Tide.

The frightening intensity of Hurricane Carol's storm surge in Rhode Island
is captured in this photograph of Westerly, Rhode Island. Buildings in the
center of the photo were floated off their foundations, while buildings in
the lower portion were swept completely away, only slabs and driveways remain
(Photo Rhode Island National Guard 9/54).


Giant waves crash against the second floor of oceanfront homes in Old Lyme,
Connecticut during Hurricane Carol in 1954. Tides along the eastern Connecticut
coast reached 8 feet above normal. Hurricane Carol killed 66 people, injured
several thousand, are left many locations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
southeastern Massachusetts in shambles. (Photo NOAA Photo Library).


Hurricane Edna
Category 3 hurricane (SSHS)

Duration September 2—September 15
Intensity 120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min)


Main article: Hurricane Edna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Atlantic_hurricane_season

Edna followed a very similar path to Carol brushing the Outer Banks before making landfall
on Cape Cod and striking Maine; both landfalls were as a Category 1. Hurricane Edna brought
more winds and heavy rain to New England, an area hit by Carol only 12 days before, causing
20 deaths and $40 million (1954 USD) in damage.

1954 Atlantic hurricane season

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Atlantic_hurricane_season

# 1 Storms

* 1.1 Hurricane Alice (June)
* 1.2 Tropical Storm Barbara
* 1.3 Hurricane Carol
* 1.4 Hurricane Dolly
* 1.5 Hurricane Edna
* 1.6 Hurricane Florence
* 1.7 Tropical Storm Gilda
* 1.8 Hurricane Eight
* 1.9 Unnumbered Tropical Depression
* 1.10 Hurricane Hazel
* 1.11 Tropical Storm Ten
* 1.12 Hurricane Alice (December)

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I was born September 4th ! ;)

[malaise]

14. Nice post

but is it normal - that was 54 years ago!! :D

[radfringe]

15. my parents were married during Hurricane Hazel

the remnents were over Massachusetts the day they married... september 11, 1954 (yes 9-11...1954)

first words out of my mother's mouth as they exited the church were "shit, it's still raining"

[thunder rising]

3. It's been wandering around looking for fuel. It's still in that "keep an eye on me stage"

[Subdivisions]

4. Shades of Fay. n/t

[tannybogus]

5. Great! Now I might have a ringside seat! nt

[Breeze54]

6. This is NORMAL for AUG/SEPT !!!

Relax!! The East Coast gets Hurricanes in Aug/Sept!! ;)

[NNN0LHI]

7. And another is forming off of Africa as I write this

[QC]

8. NHC has it tracking toward the east coast of Florida.

My fear is that it will cross the peninsula and head into the Gulf. (Naturally I fear that, since I live on the northern Gulf Coast.)

[cwydro]

10. Yep.

We're having an ugly night down here in the Keys and I'm up watching the Weather Channel.

I thought we'd be dealing with that one later in the week, but now it looks to be going more north. Hannah looks pretty squirrely.

[KharmaTrain]

16. Looks Like Dobson's Ploy Is Backfiring...

Praise Jeebus. :rofl:

Imagine Katrina and Andrew while the RNC slimefest is going on?

I'm not making light of the pending disasters that are ahead and I offer the most sincere wishes, comfort and support to all who are under the gun here...please be safe and may the fears be proved wrong.

:hi:

BTW...a DU'er set up a chat room for DU'ers...no need for any additional program...looks like a great place to bitch about WJ and other live events in real time.

http://www.upyerclacker.net/

Cheers...

[malaise]

19. Yes indeed

Now who will interview him re his wishes for Denver and his gawd's very sick sense of humor?

[lonestarnot]

17. San Dan Donia! And a third just getting warmed up!

[hedgehog]

18. The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was the strongest tropical cyclone during the 1935 Atlantic hurrican

The Labor Day Hurricane was the most intense hurricane known to have struck the United States, and it is one of the strongest recorded landfalls worldwide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day_Hurricane

the greatest weather disaster ever to hit Long Island and New England struck in the form of a category 3 hurricane. Long Island, New York and New England were changed forever by the Long Island Express.

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/