Starting today, I will post an interesting (at least to me) fact some how relating to St. Simons or the surrounding area every Friday. Cleverly, it will be titled The Friday Fact. If you ever have a question about something that you would like me to research and post about, just ask!
Did you know the coast of Georgia has not been hit by a Hurricane since October 2, 1898? I can not find a name for this hurricane, so I believe it was before they had the naming system. The hurricane of 1898 was about the same force of the 1989 Hurricane Hugo (Category 4) that brushed us. We have had some close encounters, from brushes to back door entries (this is when a hurricane comes across land rather than ocean... like from the Gulf) but as far as actually landfalling hurricanes, we have hardly seen anything.
In 1898, the hurricane left Brunswick under 4 feet of water (which sounds like nothing compared to Katrina's damage). It killed 149 people and brought a 16 foot storm surge through Downtown Brunswick. Question: What lies just east of Brunswick? St. Simons! If a 16 foot wave hit the mainland, what happened to St. Simons?
Check out this site for some other information. According to statistics, we are due for another landfalling hurricane at the end of the 2006 hurricane season.
3 comments:
yikes...that only means we are due for one soon. interesting fact!
Goat, change your damn name and we are not due for a cane, it only means we havent been hit by a cane in 107 years.
goat didn't write that robby, and be nice!
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