billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:38 pm
Remembering 2005 and
"Beta, Gamma, Epsilon, and Zeta for the first (and only, in the cases of Rita, Stan, and Wilma) time in 2005 (the names Alpha and Delta had been previously used in 1972 for two subtropical storms, but this is the first time they have been used in this way). This season used fifteen previously unused names, the most ever in an Atlantic season."
I may check later for landfall strength, but Iceland got a storm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_At ... ane_season
Good memory!
Hurricane Maria (2005) "brought tropical storm-force winds to Iceland" and Norway, killing 3 in Norway. "It passed just to the south of Iceland on September 13 as a hurricane-strength extratropical system (although the center stayed offshore)... The storm then brushed the northernmost part of Scotland, with no reported damage there either. The extratropical Maria merged with another system and this storm made landfall in Norway. This storm brought tropical storm force winds and heavy rainfall to that country, and caused flooding and several mudslides, particularly around Bergen, the most important of which occurred in Hatlestad."
I guess it's not unheard of for Europe to get smacked. In 2017 there was
Hurricane Gert and
Hurricane Maria (2017). These and Maria (2005) all passed through the central and western Atlantic first. What strikes me about Hurricane Helene is its going straight from North Africa to Europe, but I guess
Hurricane Ophelia (2017) also did that.
The TV news says 2 feet or more of rain on the coast, but also possibly 6 to 10 inches here!
Just curious, you search Wiki using: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
I search it using: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ , without the extra ".m"
Your way:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_At ... ane_season
My way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atla ... ane_season
Your way doesn't bother me a bit, but I think the latter looks better and is maybe more user friendly. Is there a reason you prefer your way?