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12) Are there hurricane cycles? Figures 1 through 10 show the landfalling portion of the tracks of major hurricanes that have struck the United States 1900-1999 (there were no major hurricane strikes on the United States in 2000). The reader might note the tendency for the major hurricane landfalls to cluster in certain areas during certain decades. Another interesting point is the tendency for this clustering to occur in the latter half of individual decades in one area and in the first half of individual decades in another area. During the very active period of the thirties this clustering is not apparent. A comparison of twenty-year periods b,:ginning in 1901 indicates that the major hurricanes tended to be in the western Gulf Coast states at thle beginning of the 20th century, shifting to the eastern Gulf Coast states and Florida during the neX1: twenty years, then to Florida and the Atlantic Coast states during the forties and fifties, and back to the western Gulf Coast states in the sixties and seventies. (13) What are the death and damage statistics for Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands? Table 141ists some of the de~ldlie~t, costliest and most intense tropical cyclones to affect the islands. The Saffir/Simpson hurric2lne scale and the empirical Atlantic wind pressure relationship do not strictly apply in the Hawaiian arc~a, and thus, hurricanes are not readily comparable to those of the Atlantic basin. In both island areas, some minimum pressure values appear inconsistent with the given wind values. This is largely attributable to the given minimum and maximum winds not necessarily being the extremes in the htlrricane. 21
45°N 1000W 95°W 900W 85°W 8COW 75°W 700W 65°W 6COW 45°N 400N (~ CATEGORY 3) 1901.1910 .l ~ I -"1" 40orIJ 35°N 35°N ~~-:...J..J ~ 1906' . 300N 190~- 300N "':" . 1909 : :\\: 25°N ... ... ..- ~ L 25°N 200N 100oW 95°W 900W 85DW 8COW 75DW 700W 65°W 60oW 200N Figure 1. Landfa11ing United States major hurricanes (stronger than or equal to a category 3) during the period 1901-1910. 1000W 95°W 90oW 85°W 80oW 75°W 70oW 65°W 60oW 45°N I I "'" I vr r~ 1 I ..45°N 400N MAJOR U.S. HURRICANES. J . (~ CATEGORY 3) 1911-1920 ::jJ 400N 35°N 35°N 300N 1911 /.~ 1916~ \ -""'...J 25°N ~} l '., , 1916 " , - :~: d ,". 300N 25°N 20oN 20oN 100oW 9SoW 90oW 8SoW 80oW 7SoW 70-W 6S.W 60.W Figure 2. Landfalling United States major hurricanes (stronger than or equal to a category 3) during the period 1911-1920. 22
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