This day in history October 10, 2019-hurricanes
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Started by metmike - Oct. 10, 2019, 9:37 p.m.

Read and learn about history. Pick out a good one.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_10


1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.


2018Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

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By metmike - Oct. 10, 2019, 9:46 p.m.
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Great Hurricane of 1780

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780

The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, and the 1780 Disaster,[1][2] is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Between 22,000 and 27,501 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through them from October 10–16.[3] Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unknown because the official Atlantic hurricane database goes back only to 1851.


The hurricane struck Barbados likely as a Category 5 hurricane, with at least one estimate of wind speeds as high as 200 mph (320 km/h)[5] (greater than any in recorded Atlantic basin history

The death toll from the Great Hurricane alone exceeds that of many entire decades of Atlantic hurricanes. Estimates are marginally higher than for Hurricane Mitch, the second-deadliest Atlantic storm, for which figures are likely more accurate. The hurricane was part of the disastrous 1780 Atlantic hurricane season, with two other deadly storms occurring in October

By metmike - Oct. 10, 2019, 9:55 p.m.
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By metmike - Oct. 10, 2019, 9:57 p.m.
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Hurricane Michael


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Michael


Hurricane Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the contiguousUnited States since Andrew in 1992. In addition, it was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of pressure, behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille of 1969. It was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact the Florida Panhandle, and was the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States, in terms of wind speed.



By metmike - Oct. 10, 2019, 10:07 p.m.
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We tracked Michael very closely here on MarketForum last October with constant comprehensive updates:

WxFollower/Larry was the first to recognize this storm as a potential significant one many days before hand:

                Invest 91L/possible future Michael in W Caribbean as of 10/5            

                           Started by WxFollower - Oct. 5, 2018, 

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/14525/

      


          Hurricane Michael            

                            Started by metmike - Oct. 8, 2018, 1:25 p.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/14717/


Michael obliterated the cotton crop in Georgia:

                Cotton rating plunges!            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/15277/


Previous Cotton posts:


https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/14719/

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/15065/

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/15192/

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/15277/