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JUNEJULYAUGUST SEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBER THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER COMBINED FROM 1900 TO 2009.
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         The charts above show Category 1-5 hurricanes to make landfall in the months depicted since 1900. 

Hurricane protection is a serious subject in coastal communities found on the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Coast.  Precast Concrete Structures offer high durability and strength against hurricane winds, fire, and most environmental conditions.  The use of Precast Concrete can even reduce insurance rates.

  • The word hurricane comes from the Taino Native American word, hurucane, meaning "evil spirit of the wind".

  • The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II.

  • A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher.

  • All hurricanes begin life in a warm moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters.

  • The most violent winds and heaviest rains take place in the eye wall, the ring of clouds and thunderstorms closely surrounding the eye.

  • Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10 atomic bombs.

  • Hurricane Floyd was barely a category I hurricane, but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees and caused over a billion dollars in damage.

  • Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the towering walls of sea water that comes inland.

  • In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricanes are generally known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical cyclones.

  • The man who first gave names to hurricanes was an Australian weather forecaster named C. Wragge in the early 1900s.

  • The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A”.

  • Hurricane season is from June to November when the seas are at their warmest and most humid, which are ripe conditions for a hurricane to develop.

  • The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself.

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