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Mike1 wrote:
Icebound wrote:
Here we have a "weak" hurricane, well advertised for a week... track and
landfall intensity pretty accurately forecast.... and yet we have 15
deaths (http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2003...197314-cp.html)
and a whole lot of close calls.

It may be bust as compared to category 5 at landfall, but still hardly a
"bust" for those affected.


The question is: Why were they affected?

Fabian delivered wind gusts over 130mph to Bermuda, yet there was little
damage.

I am not sure where you got that information. There was substantial
property damage throughout Bermuda.

Isabel's peak wind gusts ashore was barely over 100mph, yet
according to the news, 75% of the property in northeastern North
Carolina suffered "major property damage". Figuring that coastal
flooding can only represent a small portion of that, that means that
most of this was wind damage.

Tree branches blowing into buildings, other debris, etc. Not direct
wind damage.

What we have here is not a storm problem but an idiot problem:

* Idiots who don't prune the 120ft trees on their property.

Actually, trees have been shown to prevent property damage if properly
maintained.
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