The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, and Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Both were category 5s, and both hit south Florida.
73 de W4AS Sebastian On Jun 27, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Ron Wright wrote: > Not sure what Cat 5 hurricane you were in. There has never been a > Cat 5 hurricane hit Florida going back over 100 years. Sure there > has been one, maybe within last 100,000 yrs, hi. Kertina was Cat 5, > but down to Cat 4 before hitting New Orlenes. > > I remember Charley in 2004. Was headed right up the west coast > headed right for us in Tampa area. A few of my friends went to > Orlando to wait it out. Got to about Sarasota and made right turn > and followed my friends to Orlando. They spent the next week > operating a chain saw, > > 73, ron, n9ee/r
