Who says arcane historical data can't be inspiring?

Leo Weigant

On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Phil Davis wrote:

> 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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