Hurricane David (1979)
Hurricane David was a monster hurricane for the Caribbean but was much less intense for the United States. David destroyed whole jungles & swept families away. The eye of David grazed the coast of Florida, from Palm Beach north to Cape Canaveral as a category 2. The East Coast got the weak side and later he would hit northern coast of Georgia & South Carolina as a category 1 with 75 to 80mph winds.
Hurricane David statistics:
- Northern Barbados gusts to 75mph
- Dominica: 144mph gusts, 22 killed, 75% homeless
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 172mph gusts 1:30am (waves reported the size of 4 story buildings)
- Palm Beach, Florida eye touched briefly with 97mph. They got weak side with gusts to 80mph.
- Total killed: Approximately 1,500
- Born August 25th died September 14th in the Northeast U.S. (1979)
- In dying stages several tornadoes observed in Philadelphia area.
- Lowest pressure observed 27.28 inches 170mph before hitting Dominican Republic.
- 13 foot strom surge in Santo Damingo.
