7. NONE DURING CIVIL WAR
Generals and admirals during the Civil War had bad storms, but none that would classify as a hurricane. That was especially great for those ships involved in the blockade and those trying to run it. This was the longest hurricane-free period in continental US in the last 160 years. Beginning in November 1861 and ending in October 1865 there were none, roughly bracketing the war.
8. HOW TO STOP A HURRICANE...NOT
Beginning in the late 1850s, the US Weather Service and Navy teamed up on a research project to stop hurricanes. The plan was to bombard hurricanes with silver iodide in the hopes of collapsing the eyewall. It was called Project Stormfury. It had no effect on Hurricane Daisy in 1958, it collapsed a part of the eyewall on 1961s Hurricane Esther, but it soon returned to fury. Other attempts were made, but no success and the project was dropped in 1983.
9. HURRICANE STRENGTH
A hurricane's energy is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes.
10. BAD BEAR FANS
Chicago Bear fans showed a lack of sensitivity when they greeted the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field for the NFC Championship game in January 2007, with signs such as "Bears Finishing What Katrina Started."
11. THE WAYWARD TUG
For years, a tugboat pushed ashore by 1969's Hurricane Camille stood in Gulfport, Mississippi as a symbol of the storm's power. Hurricane Katrina battered it in 2005 and it was removed later.
Some Mighty Interesting Stuff. Thanks Jacob and Benzkofer. --Cooter
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