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   From: lds@example.ut   
      
   On 10/7/2024 6:24 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:   
   > I'm actually concerned. Milton quickly increased to a Cat 5. It doesn't   
   > get worse than that.   
      
   There is "a precedent", but it was only a Cat. 2 in 1867!   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867_Atlantic_hurricane_season   
      
   Hurricane Seven   
   Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)   
      
   Duration	October 2 – October 9   
   Peak intensity	105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min);   
   969 mbar (hPa)   
   The Galveston Hurricane of 1867   
      
   Late on October 2, a hurricane formed in the Gulf of Mexico, off the   
   coast of northeastern Mexico. Holding its intensity, the storm system   
   paralleled the Texas coastline, causing "many" deaths. A storm tide   
   value of 7 feet (2.1 m) was reported in Ludlum (1963), and it is   
   possible that Brownsville, Texas, was in the western eyewall of the   
   hurricane at the storms closest approach.[3] Turning towards Louisiana,   
   the storm made landfall on the state with winds of 100 mph (160 km/h), a   
   Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Moving to the east and   
   weakening, the storm made landfall on the state of Florida during the   
   day on October 6. Holding its strength while crossing the Sunshine   
   state, the tropical storm re-emerged into Atlantic waters. Taking a   
   slight turn to the north, it dissipated off the coast of North Carolina   
   on October 9.[5]   
      
   The hurricane struck Texas, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, and   
   devastated Brownsville, Matamoros, and Bagdad. Because of the   
   devastating effects in these three, state authorities sought help from   
   the governors of Nuevo León and Coahuila. The governor of Nuevo León   
   authorized the state to send over 100 bushels of corn; Coahuila's sent   
   500 loads of flour. Relief was also sent from Veracruz in two vessels.   
   Agriculturalists in Matamoros were allowed to send their goods to   
   Monterrey for storage. The entire population of Bagdad fled, while   
   Matamoros was left nearly in ruins. The official death toll in the area   
   was unknown, but local accounts stated there were at least 26 dead.   
   Entire families disappeared from the area too.[9]   
      
   Most buildings in Brazos Santiago were leveled. Clarksville, two miles   
   inland, was also devastated and shortly later abandoned.[10] Galveston,   
   already in the midst of a yellow fever epidemic, was flooded by a storm   
   surge. The mainland rail bridge, a hotel and hundreds of homes in the   
   city were washed away. Twelve schooners and a river steamboat were   
   wrecked in the bay there and wharves destroyed.[11] On October 3 high   
   seas and heavy rains flooded New Orleans. Bath houses and a saw mill   
   there were blown away. Houses were also swept away at Milneberg and at   
   Pilottown, Louisiana. The Ship Shoal Light was damaged while the Shell   
   Keys lighthouse was destroyed and its keeper killed. High winds and   
   heavy rainfall continued across southeast Louisiana until October 6,   
   inflicting damage on crops.   
      
   https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/history/index.html   
      
   Year: 1867   
      
   Date(s): 7-8 October   
      
   Principle Affected Area(s): Florida Coastal Waters - tropical storm   
      
   Landfall Point(s): Near Cedar Key?   
      
   Remarks: Partagas and Diaz/HURDAT, Storm 6, 1867. Storm passed offshore   
   from Apalachee Bay to Jacksonville-St. Augustine. Vessels offshore   
   experienced a gale.   
      
   Summary: Likely a redevelopment or extratropical development as the   
   storm moved offshore. HURDAT’s maintenance of a tropical storm over the   
   coastal waters appears warranted, however it was likely below tropical   
   storm intensity over the land areas.   
      
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