Re: my top 5 hurricanes
Posted by
LawKat on 7/14/2011, 11:31 am
That's my fault about numbering, you put 28, not 26,
And here is why I put 1938 above 1928: What mark did the 1928 storm leave besides the death toll, because after all, you're right, Katrina's death toll was less. It left a mark on the national consciousness that the heavily populated East Coast was very vulnerable to a hurricane that could potentially drown thousands and destroy miles of real estate. Even people who don't follow hurricanes can reference the Long Island Express, as a storm of note.
Not to diminish that the 1928 storm killed scores of people, but in 1928, Florida's most heavily populated region (South Florida), was still reeling from the catastrophic damage in 1926. Okeechobee got lost in the national shuffle, because of an economy, then that was headed for disaster just a few months later, plus Florida in 1928, was not the Florida in 2011. It did not garner national attention.
Was it a horrible storm? Yes. Did it kill many? Yes. Is it so engrained in the fabric of the U.S. that it is Top 5? I really don't think so.
Think about other storms off this list: Camille? Mississippi just wasn't very populated then. Hugo? South Carolina has no huge metropolis that was devastated. 1935? While amazingly powerful, it hit Key West, again, not heavily populated. Andrew? Probably should be on the list, but Iniki stole some of his thunder, plus in 1992, the U.S. was still dealing with the old Gulf War. |
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