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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-22-10 06:56 AM
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Hurricane season 2010 ended earlier this month, and according to
this source (linked) it was an easy season as far as hurricanes making landfall on the US coastline goes. It was however, a busy season for total number of storms.

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/41710/2010-atlantic-hurricane-season-1.asp

<snip>Another aspect of this particularly intense season was the landfalls. Since 1900, there has been no season with 10 or more hurricanes when none have made a direct landfall on the United States coastline.

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"If Alex made landfall 75 miles to the north and Earl tracked 75 miles to the west, there would have been two landfalls on the U.S. coast," Bastardi said. "It's like a foul ball. Contact was made, but it didn't go exactly where it was supposed to."<more at link>

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