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Our "storm meister" is Senior Contributor Steve Faber, who came to study meteorology out of necessity, learning the skills out of an aversion to death and dismemberment -- his own! For years he was a private pilot and understanding weather was a basic survival skill....
Which states are most prone to hurricanes? Which are the least susceptible?
No surprises here. Based on the count of 420 hurricane hits tracked during 53 years ending in 2004, Florida comes out Ground Zero with 110 hits (26.19 percent), followed by Texas with 59 (14.05 percent), Louisiana with 49 (11.67 percent), and North Carolina with 46 hits (10.95 percent). Bringing up the rear at number five is South Carolina, whose 31 hits equal 7.38 percent. To some degree these numbers are skewed by the variation in state size and length of shoreline.
But, no matter how much we focus on the seacoasts when it comes to tracking named storms, it's important to keep in mind that though they instantly begin to dissipate once over land, they don't dry up immediately, and can profoundly affect the weather far from any seacoast. A good example is the No Name Hurricane of July 1896, which flared up in the Gulf of Mexico, and then moved north through the continental United States (as a tropical depression) -- crossing Ohio and Michigan, entering Canada, crossing Quebec, and finally reaching the Arctic Circle before dying out!
There's a nifty Web page where you can enter search criteria (such as place name, zip code, etc.) and get a printout of a map showing the tracks of all hurricanes. You can also refine your search to certain dates, years, storm intensity, etc.
Our "storm meister" is Senior Contributor Steve Faber, who came to study meteorology out of necessity, learning the skills out of an aversion to death and dismemberment -- his own! For years he was a private pilot and understanding weather was a basic survival skill....
