Posted on 09/09/2007 2:19:24 PM PDT by blam
Look at it this way, from historical records the 1900 Galveston hurricane was known about when a beach goer shouted “thar she blows”. The time was so short they couldn’t get off the island before it was completely flooded. About 12,000 people may have died, no one really knows, Galveston was destroyed.
Same with the 1935 keys hurricane, that killed the WWI vets building the overland railroad. They knew about the hurricane hours before it hit. They still aren’t sure how strong it was, but have put some numbers down.
I wonder what the hurricane count was during the medieval warm period?
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