MD Osprey:

Although it's still about four days away, Hurricane Hanna is 
currently forecasted (by my favorite hurricane forecaster--Joe 
Bastardi of Accuweather) to make landfall around GA/SC and then push 
north toward the DC area.

FWIW, this storm may approximate the same track as the Cat 3/4 "Great 
Storm of 1893" (aka, the "Sea Islands Hurricane") which brought the 
first North American record of Band-rumped Storm-Petrel to the 
Potomac River when it passed over our area as a 65 mph tropical storm 
on Aug 29-30 of that year.

         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_Sea_Islands_Hurricane

         http://www.wunderground.com/auto/marylandweather/hurricane/at189306.asp

Phil


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