I remember going through a couple of hurricanes back when I was younger. Remember one when I was about 4 years old; I'm thinking it was the tail end of Camille, before it really became a badass storm and nearly wiped out the Mississippi Gulf coast.
Second one was David in 1979. I remember it making a beeline for Miami and South Florida before making an abrupt turn northward. Dodged a bullet that time.
Ever wonder if they ever reuse hurricane names? They usually do, except in hurricanes that have caused major damage. Which is why Camille, David, Frederic, Hugo, Andrew and a few others won't ever make the list.
http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/...atl_names.html
http://www.wxresearch.com/retstrms.html - retired storm name list
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