Overview
Despite an Holy City’s location being in the open sea, it will not necessarily be “prone” to frequent hurricane strikes as factual analysis reveal. Based on historical records of the paths of past hurricanes (in recorded history- as early as 1849) and the projected locations of the initial
HC’s, they should not be at anymore more risk than coastal cities or towns, or populated islands located in areas of frequently occuring Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones.
A listing, based on past data, of major storms (i.e, Tropical Depressions and Storms, Hurricanes/Typhoons/Cyclones) that would have affected an HC has been prepared on this page. It only includes up to the 50 closest major storms that could physically reach an HC’s city limits. Thus the (possibly) maximum average diameter size of a major storm of
km
(
[nautical] miles) is used here. This means that for a major storm to affect at least the area just outside of an HC's outer city limits, i.e., about
km
( nau. miles)
from its city center, the center of a cyclonic storm, it's “eye”, would have to be
km
( miles) or less (storm’s radius+HC's city
limit+ nau. mile
buffer zone), to an HC’s outer city limit.
Furthermore, as the most devastating region of an hurricane are concentrated within in the area surrounding the “eye” of the storm- the "eye wall" which have an average diameter of
km
( miles),
it could be said that for a major storm to seriously affect an HC (i.e, a direct “hit”), its eye (and surrounding eyewall) would have to come within
km
( miles) of an HC outer city limits. (“Rainbands” makeup the outer area of hurricanes, and are generally, relatively, not destructive.) This, in the majority of cases, would reduce the hurricane risk factor of an HC considerably as the following tables showing the totals of (would-have-been) "(direct) hits" vs. "brushes" (and "total major storms") show.
Storm Average Distance from an HC (Listed by Ocean Areas & Metric Units)
e.g., "The storm center of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms passed, on average km from HC#1's city center."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity % (Listed by Ocean Areas)
e.g., "The rated storm speed intensity % of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms were about of its highest wind speeds."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity (Listed by Ocean Areas & Metric Units)
e.g., "The resulting average storm speeds of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms, based on their rated intensity % were about kmh."
Storm Average Distance from an HC (Listed by HC Numbers & Metric Units)
e.g., "The storm center of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms passed, on average km from HC#1's city center."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity % (Listed by HC Numbers)
e.g., "The rated storm speed intensity % of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms were about of its highest wind speeds."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity (Listed by HC Numbers & Metric Units)
e.g., "The resulting average storm speeds of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms, based on their rated intensity % were about kmh."
Storm Average Distance from an HC (Listed by Ocean Areas & Imperial Units)
e.g., "The storm center of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms passed, on average nautical miles from HC#1's city center."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity (Listed by Ocean Areas & Imperial Units)
e.g., "The average storm speeds of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms were about mph."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity % (Listed by Ocean Areas)
e.g., "The rated storm speed intensity % of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms were about of its highest wind speeds."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity (Listed by Ocean Areas & Imperial Units)
e.g., "The resulting average storm speeds of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms, based on their rated intensity % were about mph."
Ten Closest Storms (Listed by Ocean Areas & Imperial Units)
e.g., "HC #1 5th closest storm passed by at about nautical miles (storm center to city center)."
Storm Average Distance from an HC (Listed by HC Numbers & Imperial Units)
e.g., "The storm center of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms passed, on average nautical miles from HC#1's city center."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity % (Listed by HC Numbers)
e.g., "The rated storm speed intensity % of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms were about of its highest wind speeds."
Storm Rated Speed Intensity (Listed by HC Numbers & Imperial Units)
e.g., "The resulting average storm speeds of HC #1's Category 2 (H2) storms, based on their rated intensity % were about mph."
Ten Closest Storms (Listed by HC Numbers & Imperial Units)
e.g., "HC #1 5th closest storm passed by at about nautical miles (storm center to city center)."
