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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
 
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{{incomplete|State, severity and remarks still need to be filled for all hurricanes.}}
The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) to determine the severity and the {{w|National Centers for Enrvironmental Prediction}}'s (NCEP) rainfall to determine where the hurricane was present. Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name.
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The map divides America's Atlantic coastline into regions according to the worst hurricane that has hit each area in the last century, based on data from the North Atlantic hurricane database ({{w|HURDAT}}) to determine the severity and the {{w|National Centers for Enrvironmental Prediction}}'s (NCEP) rainfall to determin where the hurricane was present. Most of the hurricanes are listed by their US reporting names, with hurricanes before 1953 (the year when the current naming system was established) being listed by their year and sometimes a sequence number or city name.
  
 
The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later.
 
The title text is a joke in light of this bleak humor, saying that finding residents in each of the regions who are old enough to have been alive through all of these is quite a daunting task. In principle, this would be the only way to confirm the "worst hurricane in living memory," and may be taken as a riposte to anyone who wishes to argue this map: "If you think there was a worse one, find a 105 year old resident who agrees!" 105 was likely chosen because most people can only remember back to an age when they were 5, so someone would have needed to be 5 years old to remember a hurricane in any detail 100 years later.
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|rowspan="2"|1915
 
|rowspan="2"|1915
||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
+
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1915 II}}
 
||LA TX OK AR
 
||LA TX OK AR
||145 mph
+
||145 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||400
 
||400
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||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
||145 mph
+
||145 mph
 
||931 mbar
 
||931 mbar
 
||275
 
||275
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||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||SC NC
 
||SC NC
||115 mph
+
||115 mph
 
||960 mbar
 
||960 mbar
 
||7
 
||7
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||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||TX
 
||TX
||135 mph
+
||135 mph
 
||932 mbar
 
||932 mbar
 
||15
 
||15
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||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||LA
 
||LA
||120 mph
+
||120 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
 
||34
 
||34
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||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||140 mph
+
||140 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||6
 
||6
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||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||140 mph
+
||140 mph
 
||967 mbar
 
||967 mbar
 
||<287
 
||<287
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||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||GA
 
||GA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||967 mbar
 
||967 mbar
 
||unknown
 
||unknown
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||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||TX LA AL
 
||TX LA AL
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
 
||25
 
||25
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||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||FL AL MS LA
 
||FL AL MS LA
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||930 mbar
 
||930 mbar
 
||478
 
||478
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||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
||FL SC NC
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||≤ 929 mbar
 
||≤ 929 mbar
 
||<4,078
 
||<4,078
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|-
 
|-
 
||1932
 
||1932
||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
+
||{{w|1932_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1932 II}}
 
||TX
 
||TX
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
 
||40
 
||40
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||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||NC VA MD PA
 
||NC VA MD PA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||31
 
||31
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||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||185&nbsp;mph
+
||185 mph
 
||892 mbar
 
||892 mbar
 
||<400
 
||<400
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|-
 
|-
 
||1938
 
||1938
||{{w|1938_New_England_hurricane|New England}}
+
||{{w|1938_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1938 VI}}
 
||NY CT
 
||NY CT
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||682
 
||682
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||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||SC NC
 
||SC NC
||100&nbsp;mph
+
||100 mph
 
||972 mbar
 
||972 mbar
 
||50
 
||50
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||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||LA TX
 
||LA TX
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
 
||4
 
||4
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|-
 
|-
 
||1942
 
||1942
||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
+
||{{w|1942_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1942 III}}
 
||TX NM OK
 
||TX NM OK
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||8
 
||8
||$26.5 million
+
||$26.5
 
|-
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1944
 
|rowspan="2"|1944
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||NY NC to CT
 
||NY NC to CT
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||933 mbar
 
||933 mbar
 
||390
 
||390
 
||<$100 million
 
||<$100 million
 
|-
 
|-
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
+
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XII}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||937 mbar
 
||937 mbar
 
||300
 
||300
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||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||FL NC
 
||FL NC
||100&nbsp;mph
+
||100 mph
 
||977 mbar
 
||977 mbar
 
||5 (in Cuba)
 
||5 (in Cuba)
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|-
 
|-
 
||1947
 
||1947
||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
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||{{w|1947_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Nine_.28King.29|1947 IX}}
 
||FL GA SN NC
 
||FL GA SN NC
||105&nbsp;mph
+
||105 mph
 
||965 mbar
 
||965 mbar
 
||1
 
||1
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||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||FL GA to NH
 
||FL GA to NH
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
 
||2
 
||2
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||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||FL GA AK
 
||FL GA AK
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||958 mbar
 
||958 mbar
 
||2
 
||2
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||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||957 mbar
 
||957 mbar
 
||72
 
||72
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||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||≤ 954 mbar
 
||≤ 954 mbar
 
||29
 
||29
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||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||≤ 937 mbar
 
||≤ 937 mbar
 
||1,000-1,200
 
||1,000-1,200
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||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY  
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY  
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||936 mbar
 
||936 mbar
 
||74
 
||74
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||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT  
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT  
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||≤ 969 mbar
 
||≤ 969 mbar
 
||≥184
 
||≥184
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||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||945 mbar
 
||945 mbar
 
||<416
 
||<416
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||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||SC to ME
 
||SC to ME
||135&nbsp;mph
+
||135 mph
 
||934 mbar
 
||934 mbar
 
||1
 
||1
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||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||SC GA VA PA
 
||SC GA VA PA
||140&nbsp;mph
+
||140 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||22
 
||22
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||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH  
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH  
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||932 mbar
 
||932 mbar
 
||164-364
 
||164-364
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||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA  
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA  
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||931 mbar
 
||931 mbar
 
||43
 
||43
||$325.74 million
+
||$325.74
 
|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||927 mbar
 
||927 mbar
 
||7
 
||7
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||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||FL
 
||FL
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
 
||5
 
||5
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||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||38
 
||38
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||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
||155&nbsp;mph  
+
||155 mph  
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||81
 
||81
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||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
 
||FL (up to FL/GA border)
 
||FL (up to FL/GA border)
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||970 mbar
 
||970 mbar
 
||91
 
||91
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||1967
 
||1967
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
||TX
+
||
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
||923 mbar
+
||&le; 923 mbar
 
||688
 
||688
 
||$1 billion
 
||$1 billion
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||1969
 
||1969
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
||MS LA WV VA
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||900 mbar
 
||900 mbar
 
||259
 
||259
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||1970
 
||1970
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
||FL TX
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||945 mbar
 
||945 mbar
 
||28
 
||28
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||1972
 
||1972
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
+
||
||85&nbsp;mph
+
||85 mph
 
||977 mbar
 
||977 mbar
 
||128
 
||128
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||1974
 
||1974
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
||LA TX
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||928 mbar
 
||928 mbar
 
||8
 
||8
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||1975
 
||1975
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
||FL
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||955 mbar
 
||955 mbar
 
||80
 
||80
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|rowspan="2"|1979
 
|rowspan="2"|1979
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
||FL
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||924 mbar
 
||924 mbar
 
||<2,068
 
||<2,068
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
||FL AS MS
+
||
||135&nbsp;mph
+
||135 mph
 
||943 mbar
 
||943 mbar
 
||14  
 
||14  
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||1980
 
||1980
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
||TX
+
||
||190&nbsp;mph
+
||190 mph
 
||899 mbar
 
||899 mbar
 
||269
 
||269
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||1984
 
||1984
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
||FL SC NC
+
||
||130&nbsp;mph
+
||130 mph
 
||949 mbar
 
||949 mbar
 
||3
 
||3
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|rowspan="3"|1985
 
|rowspan="3"|1985
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
||FL AL MS LA AR KY
+
||
||125&nbsp;mph
+
||125 mph
 
||953 mbar
 
||953 mbar
 
||9
 
||9
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||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||919 mbar
 
||919 mbar
 
||14
 
||14
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
||Fl GA
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
 
||15
 
||15
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||1989
 
||1989
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
||SC NC VA WV OH VI
+
||
||160&nbsp;mph
+
||160 mph
 
||918 mbar
 
||918 mbar
 
||±107
 
||±107
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||1991
 
||1991
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||17
 
||17
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||1992
 
||1992
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
||FL LA
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||922 mbar
 
||922 mbar
 
||65
 
||65
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||1995
 
||1995
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
||AL FL GA
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||916 mbar
 
||916 mbar
 
||63
 
||63
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||1996
 
||1996
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
||SC NC VA WV MD PA
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||946 mbar
 
||946 mbar
 
||27
 
||27
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||1998
 
||1998
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
||NC
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||954 mbar
 
||954 mbar
 
||5
 
||5
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||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||FL to ME
 
||FL to ME
||155&nbsp;mph
+
||155 mph
 
||921 mbar
 
||921 mbar
 
||77-87
 
||77-87
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||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||LA MS AK
 
||LA MS AK
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||938 mbar
 
||938 mbar
 
||15
 
||15
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||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||NC to PA
 
||NC to PA
||165&nbsp;mph
+
||165 mph
 
||915 mbar
 
||915 mbar
 
||51
 
||51
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|rowspan="5"|2004
 
|rowspan="5"|2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
||FL SC NC
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||35
 
||35
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
||VI PR FL
+
||
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
 
||49
 
||49
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
||SC NC VA MD DE MA
+
||
||75&nbsp;mph
+
||75 mph
 
||985 mbar
 
||985 mbar
 
||9
 
||9
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
||AL FL LA TX
+
||
||165&nbsp;mph
+
||165 mph
 
||910 mbar
 
||910 mbar
 
||123
 
||123
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
||VI PR FL
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||950 mbar
 
||950 mbar
 
||<3,035
 
||<3,035
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|rowspan="3"|2005
 
|rowspan="3"|2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
+
||
||150&nbsp;mph
+
||150 mph
 
||930 mbar
 
||930 mbar
 
||89
 
||89
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
||FL LA MS AL
+
||
||175&nbsp;mph
+
||175 mph
 
||902 mbar
 
||902 mbar
 
||<1,833
 
||<1,833
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
+
||
||180&nbsp;mph
+
||180 mph
 
||895 mbar
 
||895 mbar
 
||97-125
 
||97-125
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|rowspan="2"|2008
 
|rowspan="2"|2008
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
+
||
||155&nbsp;mph
+
||155 mph
 
||941 mbar
 
||941 mbar
 
||153
 
||153
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
||FL OH LA TX MS
+
||
||145&nbsp;mph
+
||145 mph
 
||935 mbar
 
||935 mbar
 
||195
 
||195
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|rowspan="2"|2011
 
|rowspan="2"|2011
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
||NC CT NJ NY
+
||
||120&nbsp;mph
+
||120 mph
 
||942 mbar
 
||942 mbar
 
||56
 
||56
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|-
 
|-
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
||NY PA
+
||
||60&nbsp;mph
+
||60 mph
 
||986 mbar
 
||986 mbar
 
||18
 
||18
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||2012
 
||2012
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
||NJ NY PA MD DE
+
||
||115&nbsp;mph
+
||115 mph
 
||940 mbar
 
||940 mbar
 
||286
 
||286
 
||≥ $68 billion
 
||≥ $68 billion
 +
|-
 +
||2013
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
|-
 +
||2014
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 +
||
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
===Irrelevant hurricane facts===
 +
Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, like Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 +
{{incomplete transcript}}
 +
*The current transcript below lacks all the hurricane names.
  
 
:What's The
 
:What's The
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:1914-2014
 
:1914-2014
 
:[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.]
 
:[A map of the east coast of the United States as far southwest as the Texas/Mexico border, as far northeast as the Maine/Canada border, and as far inland as Kentucky. The map has coastal regions blocked out with the name and year of the worst hurricane in the last 100 years.]
===Map===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
!Date
 
!Hurricane name
 
!States (Postcode form)
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1915
 
||{{w|1915_Galveston_hurricane|Galveston}}
 
||LA TX OK AR
 
|-
 
||{{w|1915_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1915 VI}}
 
||LA MS AL TN KY WV PA
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1916
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1916 IV}}
 
||SC NC
 
|-
 
||{{w|1916_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1916 VI}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1918
 
||{{w|1918_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1918 I}}
 
||LA
 
|-
 
||1921
 
||{{w|1921_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1921 VI}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="4"|1926
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_One|1926 I}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1926 II}}
 
||GA
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1926 III}}
 
||TX LA AL
 
|-
 
||{{w|1926_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1926 VII}}
 
||FL AL MS LA
 
|-
 
||1928
 
||{{w|1928_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Four|1928 IV}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
||1932
 
||{{w|1932_Freeport_hurricane|Freeport}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1933
 
||{{w|1933_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1933 VI}}
 
||NC VA MD PA
 
|-
 
||1935
 
||{{w|1935_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1935 III}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||1938
 
||{{w|1938_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1938 VI}}
 
||NY CT
 
|-
 
||1940
 
||{{w|1940_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Three|1940 III}}
 
||SC NC
 
|-
 
||1941
 
||{{w|1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1941 II}}
 
||LA TX
 
|-
 
||1942
 
||{{w|1942_Matagorda_hurricane|Matagorda}}
 
||TX NM OK
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1944
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Seven|1944 VII}}
 
||NY NC to CT
 
|-
 
||{{w|1944_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Thirteen|1944 XIII}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||1946
 
||{{w|1946_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Six|1946 VI}}
 
||FL NC
 
|-
 
||1947
 
||{{w|1947_Cape_Sable_hurricane|King}}
 
||FL GA SN NC
 
|-
 
||1949
 
||{{w|1949_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Two|1949 II}}
 
||FL GA to NH
 
|-
 
||1950
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Easy_(1950)|Easy}}
 
||FL GA AK
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|1954
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carol|Carol}}
 
||NY CT NH NC MA VA DC DE NJ
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Edna|Edna}}
 
||NY VA NC NJ MA ME NH
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hazel|Hazel}}
 
||NC VA WV MD DE NY PA NJ DC
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1955
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Connie|Connie}}
 
||NC SC VA DC MD MI PA NJ NY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diane|Diane}}
 
||PA NJ NY NC WV MA RI VT
 
|-
 
||1957
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Audrey|Audrey}}
 
||TX FL LA MS AL MI MO IL NY PA VT ME
 
|-
 
||1958
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Helene_(1958)|Helene}}
 
||SC to ME
 
|-
 
||1959
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gracie|Gracie}}
 
||SC GA VA PA
 
|-
 
||1960
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Donna|Donna}}
 
||FL GA SC NC VA MD PA NJ NY CT MA VT NH
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1961
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carla|Carla}}
 
||TX LA OK IL FL NE MO MI WI IN AL AK MS IA
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Esther_(1961)|Esther}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT MA NH
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1964
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dora|Dora}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hilda|Hilda}}
 
||FL TX LA GA MS NC SC AL TN VA MD DE
 
|-
 
||1965
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Betsy|Betsy}}
 
||FL LA MS AR TE MO
 
|-
 
||1966
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Alma_(1966)|Alma}}
 
||FL (up to FL/GA border)
 
|-
 
||1967
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Beulah|Beulah}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1969
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Camille|Camille}}
 
||AS MS LA
 
|-
 
||1970
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Celia|Celia}}
 
||FL TX
 
|-
 
||1972
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Agnes|Agnes}}
 
||FL GA NC VA MD PA NY
 
|-
 
||1974
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Carmen|Carmen}}
 
||LA TX
 
|-
 
||1975
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Eloise|Eloise}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|1979
 
||{{w|Hurricane_David|David}}
 
||FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frederic|Frederic}}
 
||FL AS MS
 
|-
 
||1980
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Allen|Allen}}
 
||TX
 
|-
 
||1984
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Diana_(1984)|Diana}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|1985
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Elena|Elena}}
 
||FL AL MS LA AR KY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gloria|Gloria}}
 
||NC VA MD DE NJ NY MA ME CT RI NH ME
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Kate_(1985)|Kate}}
 
||Fl GA
 
|-
 
||1989
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Hugo|Hugo}}
 
||SC NC VA WV OH VI
 
|-
 
||1991
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bob|Bob}}
 
||NC ME MA NH VT RI CT
 
|-
 
||1992
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Andrew|Andrew}}
 
||FL LA
 
|-
 
||1995
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Opal|Opal}}
 
||AL FL GA
 
|-
 
||1996
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Fran|Fran}}
 
||SC NC VA WV MD PA
 
|-
 
||1998
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Bonnie_(1998)|Bonnie}}
 
||NC
 
|-
 
||1999
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Floyd|Floyd}}
 
||FL to ME
 
|-
 
||2002
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Lili|Lili}}
 
||LA MS AK
 
|-
 
||2003
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Isabel|Isabel}}
 
||NC to PA
 
|-
 
|rowspan="5"|2004
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Charley|Charley}}
 
||FL SC NC
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Frances|Frances}}
 
||VI PR FL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gaston_(2004)|Gaston}}
 
||SC NC VA MD DE MA
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ivan|Ivan}}
 
||AL FL LA TX
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Jeanne|Jeanne}}
 
||VI PR FL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|2005
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Dennis|Dennis}}
 
||Fl Al MS GA TN OH
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Katrina|Katrina}}
 
||FL LA MS AL
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Rita|Rita}}
 
||FL MS LA TX AR MO IL
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|2008
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Gustav|Gustav}}
 
||PR AL MS LA TX OK AR MO IL MI
 
|-
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Ike|Ike}}
 
||FL OH LA TX MS
 
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|2011
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Irene|Irene}}
 
||NC CT NJ NY
 
|-
 
||{{w|Tropical_Storm_Lee_(2011)|Lee}}
 
||NY PA
 
|-
 
||2012
 
||{{w|Hurricane_Sandy|Sandy}}
 
||NJ NY PA MD DE
 
|}
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Hurricanes have a maximum wind speed in the eye-wall around the centre of the storm. After a storm passes over land it loses the warm water needed to power it, and rapidly dissipates. Around the Caribbean Sea there are major storms, such as Katrina, that affect a long path inland, and storms such as Carmen that have had significant effects on local coastal areas. Further north the pattern changes, as hurricanes will be beginning to transform to an extra-tropical depression, and can intensify over land. There may be a degree of sample bias, as hurricanes from the early half of the twentieth century may not have been monitored as intensely after making landfall.
 
*Randall wrote "Esther 1951" instead of "Esther 1961" in the map.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
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