Hurricanes
In the Caribbean belong to tropical temperatures in the winter hurricanes in the late summer.
Their force is hardly conceivable:
Hurricane Ivan (07 September 2004) was predicted for Grenada by the US National Hurricane
Centre with 115 to 125 nodes. The English warship "HMS Richmond", which was situated
coincidentally very close to Grenada, measured up to 165 nodes. Additional locally small Tornadoes
entered on with devastating effect…
The majority thinks:
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Hurricanes always move from east to west. |
That is what they normally do, but what they not always do. |
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Hurricane season ends with end of October. |
That is when it normally ends, but not always. |
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Hurricanes are infrequent. |
Even if there have been periods when the Eastern Caribbean has been completely hurricane-free
for years: |
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Hurricanes stay well north of Grenada and the southern East Caribbean chain. |
Neither Grenada nor Trinidad are immune and were badly hit by hurricanes and tropical
depressions in the past. |
The hurricane tracks between 1871 and 1991 with updates to the present time are covered
in a compendium that is available at the
National Climatic Data Centre
151 Patten Ave. Room 120
Asheville NC, 00801-5001, USA
Fax: (828) 271-4876
Tel: (828) 271-4800
E-mail: ncdc@noaa.gov
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