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anyone fancy a game of Hurricane "Top Trumps"

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  • 12-09-2011 2:44pm
    #1
    Chicken Run
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭


    Go to Wikipedia and type "Hurricane" and your first name

    Post your stats

    Category
    Highest wind speed
    Fatalities
    Cost of damage

    see who's the strongest

    (yeah... I'm bored today)

    Mine.

    Cat 5
    150mph
    1200 direct
    $420million (USD) 1954


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    #2
    whiteandlight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭whiteandlight


    No hurricane under my name :(


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    #3
    cotton
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭cotton


    Musicmental85 wrote: »
    No hurricane under my name :(


    Me neither. :(


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    #4
    NIALL D
    Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭NIALL D


    me neither :(


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    #5
    Blackhorse Slim
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 1,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blackhorse Slim


    Cat 5
    Wind Speed 175 mph
    Fatalities (direct) 26
    Damage 26.5 Billion (USD) 1995


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    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,809 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Me neither. :D


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    Tom Cruises Left Nut
    Registered Users Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Tom Cruises Left Nut


    Hurricane Andrew

    Cat 5
    Wind Speed 175 mph
    Fatalities (direct) 26
    Damage 26.5 Billion (USD) 1995


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    pmq71
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭pmq71


    Cat 2
    110mph - Highest wind speed
    1,696 - Fatalities :eek:
    $1.156 billion (1982 USD) - Cost of damage

    5 days of heavy rain causing mud slides was the big killer rather than the wind.


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Hurricane Allen

    Cat 5
    190 mph (305 km/h) - Highest wind speed
    290 total - Fatalities
    $1.5 billion - Damage


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    #10
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Nothing for me. :o


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    NoelJ
    Registered Users Posts: 616 ✭✭✭NoelJ


    Highest winds 1-minute sustained:
    80 mph (130 km/h)
    Lowest pressure 980 mbar (hPa; 28.94 inHg)
    Fatalities 222 total
    Damage $580 million (2007 USD)


    I choose the date!


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    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,113 ✭✭✭John mac


    Formed August 28, 2006
    Dissipated September 4, 2006
    Highest winds 1-minute sustained:
    135 mph (215 km/h)
    Lowest pressure 948 mbar (hPa; 27.99 inHg)
    Fatalities 5 direct
    Damage $60.9 million (2006 USD)


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    delw
    Registered Users Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭delw


    none for me :(


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    Caitriona
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭Caitriona


    Hurricane Katrina

    Category 5
    Max wind speed: 175mph
    Fatalities: 1,836
    Cost: $108 billion

    I'm not sure I like this game!


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    demakinz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭demakinz


    Hurricane David CAT5
    Winds 175mph
    lowest pressure 924
    Fatalities 2068+
    Damage 1.54billion (1974)


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    TheInquisitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭TheInquisitor


    Hurricane Robert( BOB)

    Cat 3
    115mph
    15 direct
    $1.5 billion (USD) 1991


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    thetonynator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Anthony

    How much damage did CSI series 2 cause?!


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    #18
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users Posts: 3,034 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Technically this is not me but it's my workmate beside me.


    George(s)
    Sept 15th - Oct 1st 1998
    Wind:155mph
    pressure:937
    fatalities:604
    damage:$6billion

    Me
    Stephen
    St.Stephens Day 1998
    very little info.
    wind at Malin: 125mph
    considerable damage in Donegal.............
    that's all


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    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Stand aside boys: Too many for full specs

    Hurricane Eugene

    1981 = TS
    2011 = Cat 3
    1993 = Cat 3
    1987 = Cat 2
    1999 = Cat 1


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    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,348 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    none for my name, so female version of my name.

    Cat 2
    Wind speed: 110mph
    pressure: 972 mb
    fatalities: 0
    Cost: 0

    eastern pacific storm


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