Hurricane Safety Zone - 2005 Hurricanes

2005 Hurricanes

At this point, it remains to be seen. Rita just left the Florida Keys and is headed toward the Gulf Coast in Texas. Stay tuned....

2005 Hurricanes--(Not the Football Team)

The hurricanes we're talking about on this page are not the Miami Hurricanes. We're talking about all the hurricanes that have developed during the 2005 hurricane season. Scientists predicted a busy hurricane season, and they were right. But not every tropical depression has turned into a full-blown hurricane. So far, seven of them have been tropical storms, one has merely been an unnamed tropical depression, and four have turned into hurricanes. Here's a breakdown of the 2005 hurricanes:

Hurricane Dennis - Dennis was a record-breaker. This was the strongest hurricane to develop before August in any hurricane season. Dennis was a Category 4, and it made landfall close to Pensacola, FL.
Hurricane Emily - Although Emily was also a Category 4, she broke Dennis's record for the strongest storm to develop before August in a hurricane season. Her wind speeds here higher.
Hurricane Irene - Because Irene was a Category 1 storm, and because she did not make landfall, she was not a threat.
Hurricane Katrina - Katrina started out small, making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 storm, leaving lots of flooding in her wake in Miami, FL. Fortunately, most people followed the hurricane safety rules. As a result, there were very few fatalities. Then Katrina crossed the state and seemed to weaken, until she hit the Gulf of Mexico. Eventually, Katrina became a Category 5 and made landfall again, this time causing mass destruction.

Most of the 2005 hurricanes didn't leave much damage or loss of life behind--that is, until Hurricane Katrina lashed out her rage on New Orleans and Mississippi. Of all the 2005 hurricanes, this one has, so far, been the worst. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has left thousands dead and still thousands more homeless. Damages are estimated to be in the millions. As a result of the damage, the people who were still in New Orleans after the storm were evacuated.

Hell Hath No Fury....

We don't know who scorned Katrina and Rita. What we do know is that Katrina showed New Orleans and the Gulf States her rage. Rita's rage remains to be seen, but at this point, she's a Category 4 storm headed for the Texas Gulf Coast. Meteorologists are predicting that she'll be a Category 5. If she is a Category 5 when she reaches land in Texas, she and Katrina could be the most destructive of the 2005 hurricanes. What we can hope is that the 2005 hurricanes have taught people to heed hurricane warnings and evacuations and be prepared.

So prepare properly for the impending Hurricane Wilma, it's not too late to make your home as safe as possible for the hurricane season. Wilma is really shaping up to be a serious storm and one that needs to be paid attention to.