History
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The Post and Courier has a short list of other significant hurricanes that have affected South Carolina. You can see the list at https://www.postandcourier.com/20160824/160829709/five-of-south-carolinas-most-horrific-and-historic-hurricanes. See Hurricane Hugo on the image below.
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As Matthew approaches the coast, you might be wondering how the storm compares to past hurricanes in the area. CNN published an article today which described some of the previous hurricanes which moved through the same region and how they compare. You can read it at https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/us/hurricane-matthew-comparisons/index.html. Needless to say, Matthew is far surpassing the strength…
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You may be tired of all the heat we’ve experienced over the summer and looking forward to cooler weather. While I don’t think we are going to see any early season snow storms this year, you might enjoy reading about some of the earliest major fall snow storms that the US has experienced. You can…
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Around midnight on September 22, 1989, Hurricane Hugo came ashore near Charleston SC and moved rapidly inland. I flew through Charlotte just a day after Hugo moved through and was amazed at the damage in the area I saw from the air and how red the rivers were running with all the eroded clay soils…
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This Day in Weather History‘s Facebook page showed a photo of Tropical Storm Esther on September 20, 1061 as taken from the TIROS satellite. As far as I can tell, this is the first time that a tropical storm was identified first by satellite. Here’s the text accompanying the image: “September 20th, 1961 – On…
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Many of you may remember the iconic image of the Six Flags roller coaster sitting in a pool of water caused by the tremendous flooding that occurred west of Atlanta on September 19-21, 2009. After a week of rainy conditions, a deluge fell overnight on September 20-21, bringing 15 inches or more to a few…
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You might remember the chaos caused by Hurricane Floyd traveling up the East Coast. From the Facebook page for “This Day in Weather History”: September 12th, 1999 – Hurricane Floyd, a Category 4 storm with top winds of 145 mph, was making residents along the U.S. East Coast very nervous as it steamed steadily westward.…
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