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Miami to BVI
On 2008-05-08 19:03:21 -0400, jeff said:
Jere Lull wrote: ... Sorry to directly disagree, but I been there, done that, and know both areas intimately. LI gets more storms and hurricanes than the BVI or any other single "Caribbean" island group ("quotes" allow for including the Bahamas and Bermuda, which aren't in the Caribbean.) This seems very doubtful indeed if you're just counting hurricanes and tropical storms. Lets look at the data: Since 1851, New York has had 12 strikes from hurricanes, 6 cat 1, 1 cat 2, 5 cat 3, and nothing stronger. http://www.stormfax.com/hurstate.htm How about the Carribean: For the same period, Virgin Gorda had 28 hurricanes, of which 4 of the were cat 4, stronger than any that hit NY. The Bahamas faired worse, with 40 hurricanes. In fact, most of the Carribean/Bahamas (and even Bermuda) has more hurricanes than any place in the US Northeast. That is why I carefully wrote "storms and hurricanes". Include spring storms and nor'easters (sp?) with storm-strength or greater winds and the complexion of the areas change. But I did mis-edit. We've experienced only the one squall where several neighbors reported their anemometers pegged at 110 for over an hour that put 28 boats on the shore. That was September '04, I believe. Two or three times a season, we get squalls of significance that startle world-travellers, more in the 70+ knot range, and usually over more quickly. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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