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Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea ~ Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore Wormsloe Foundation Publication Ser Paperback – March 1 2009 by Fraser Jr Walter J Author
Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea ~ This chronology of the most notable lowcountry storms is also a useful primer on the basics of hurricane dynamics Fraser tells how the 800ton Rising Sun foundered in open water near Charles Town during the hurricane of 1700 About one hundred persons were aboard
Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea ~ A prime target for the fierce storms that develop in the Atlantic the region is especially vulnerable because of its shallow gradually sloping sea floor and lowlying coastline With an eye on both natural and built environments Fraser’s narrative ranges from the first documented storm in 1686 to recent times in describing how the lowcountry has endured some of the severest effects of wind and water
Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea ~ The book proceeds chronologically describing about eighty hurricanes that made landfall in the low country from 1686 to 2004 Fraser gives extended treatment to nine major storms that caused the most damage in the antebellum period in 1804 1824 and 1854 the late nineteenth century in 1881 1893 and 1898 and the twentieth century 1911 1989 Hugo and 1999 Floyd
Lowcountry Hurricanes Three Centuries of Storms at Sea ~ Drawing on eyewitness accounts he describes the storm surge of an 1804 hurricane that submerged most of Tybee Island and swept over the fort on nearby Cockspur Island drowning soldiers and civilians Readers may have their own memories of Hurricanes Andrew Opal and Hugo
Lowcountry hurricanes three centuries of storms at sea ~ Lowcountry hurricanes three centuries of storms at sea and ashore Walter J Fraser This illustrated history recounts how for the past three hundred years hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the GeorgiaSouth Carolina seaboard
Lowcountry Hurricanes Georgia Press ~ A prime target for the fierce storms that develop in the Atlantic the region is especially vulnerable because of its shallow gradually sloping sea floor and lowlying coastline With an eye on both natural and built environments Frasers narrative ranges from the first documented storm in 1686 to recent times in describing how the lowcountry has endured some of the severest effects of wind and water
Hurricanes in Lowcountry History Part 2 Charleston ~ In the three decades after the hurricane of 1822 the South Carolina Lowcountry witnessed the arrival of a number of tropical storms and mild hurricanes The hurricanes of 1824 1834 1835 1837 and 1846 were the most notable of this era but they were not very memorable and so we have very little detailed information about them
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Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in Charleston SC ~ The Great Winyah Hurricanes of 1820 and 1822 These two storms did their most damage on the upper coast from the Santee River delta up to Georgetown The storm of September 10 1820 was described by the Winyaw Intelligencer as one of the most violent hurricanes ever recorded
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