During this week back in...
For the period of August 8th through August 14th

• 1969: Camille is born on the 14th in the Caribbean.
• 1976: Belle hits Outer Banks & north to Massachusetts area as a cat 1 as a very small hurricane killing 6 on Aug. 9th.
• 2004, Aug. 9th: TD #3 is born southeast of Grenada & would later hit southwest Florida as a cat 4. On the 13th Hurricane Charley hits Port Charlotte, Florida with 145 mph winds causing very heavy damage.
• 2012: Hurricane Ernesto hits the southern Yucatan Peninsula with 80mph winds on Aug. 8th.
• 2017, Aug. 10th: Hurricane Franklin hits Mexico between Tampico & Veracruz with 85mph winds.