scubadoo
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Florida certainly appears numerous times on the top ten.....
Hurricane Hotspots
The Worst Places for Hurricanes
Hurricane experts believe we have been fortunate over the last 30 years, with only a few major hurricanes hitting Florida and the East Coast of the United States. Now they say our luck is running out. According to the hurricane forecasters, we should be prepared for increased major hurricane activity over the next two or three decades.
So, should you cancel that Florida vacation, or re-think your retirement plans? By analyzing the tracks of tropical storms for the past 100 years, the experts at Sperling's BestPlaces have ranked which areas are most likely to be hit by a major hurricane.
1. Southeast Florida (Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach)
2. Key West and the Florida keys
3. Southwest Florida (Fort Myers-Naples)
4. West Florida (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota-Clearwater)
5. Outer Banks islands, NC (Cape Hatteras)
6. Central Texas Gulf coast (Galveston)
7. Central Florida Atlantic coast (Melbourne-Cocoa Beach)
8. Florida Panhandle (Pensacola-Panama City)
9. Central Gulf coast (New Orleans, LA-Biloxi, MS-Mobile, AL)
10. South Texas Gulf coast (Corpus Christi-Brownsville)
Hurricane Hotspots
The Worst Places for Hurricanes
Hurricane experts believe we have been fortunate over the last 30 years, with only a few major hurricanes hitting Florida and the East Coast of the United States. Now they say our luck is running out. According to the hurricane forecasters, we should be prepared for increased major hurricane activity over the next two or three decades.
So, should you cancel that Florida vacation, or re-think your retirement plans? By analyzing the tracks of tropical storms for the past 100 years, the experts at Sperling's BestPlaces have ranked which areas are most likely to be hit by a major hurricane.
1. Southeast Florida (Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach)
2. Key West and the Florida keys
3. Southwest Florida (Fort Myers-Naples)
4. West Florida (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota-Clearwater)
5. Outer Banks islands, NC (Cape Hatteras)
6. Central Texas Gulf coast (Galveston)
7. Central Florida Atlantic coast (Melbourne-Cocoa Beach)
8. Florida Panhandle (Pensacola-Panama City)
9. Central Gulf coast (New Orleans, LA-Biloxi, MS-Mobile, AL)
10. South Texas Gulf coast (Corpus Christi-Brownsville)
