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	TPC NHC LUIS 1995 PRELIMINARY REPORT
		Luis was a category 4 Cape Verde hurricane that wreaked harm and havoc on the northeasternmost of the Leeward Islands, with an estimated sixteen dead and two-and-a-half billion dollars in damages.
		Luis was first detected as a tropical wave and circulation of low clouds on 26 August over the far eastern tropical Atlantic between the coast of Africa and the Cape Verde Islands.
		A hurricane watch was issued for Antigua and nearby islands at 0900 UTC on the 3rd and a hurricane warning was issued at 0000 UTC on the 4th.
	www.nhc.noaa.gov /1995luis.html (1328 words)

	Luis Preliminary Report
		Luis was a category 4 Cape Verde hurricane that wreaked harm and havoc on the northeasternmost of the Leeward Islands, with an estimated sixteen dead and two-and -a-half billion dollars in damages.
		Luis' sustained winds in the eyewall were as high as 115 knots at this time, just below 120-knot maximum values which had occurred for the previous 48 hours.
		The official highest sustained surface wind attained by Luis is estimated to be 120 knots from the 3rd through the 5th while it was approaching the Leeward Islands.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/prelim/Luis_prelim.html (976 words)

	Hurricane Survival Guide 2004
		Luis was a category 4 Cape Verde hurricane that wreaked harm and havoc on the northeasternmost of the Leeward Islands, with an estimated sixteen dead and two-and-a-half billion dollars in damages.
		Luis was first detected as a tropical wave and circulation of low clouds on 26 August over the far eastern tropical Atlantic between the coast of Africa and the Cape Verde Islands.
		Luis strengthened from a depression to a storm on the 29th, but its deep convection fluctuated for the next two days while there was strong vertical shear nearby.
	www.11alive.com /weather/hurricane/hurricane_article.asp?storyid=34128 (537 words)

	Tropmet.com - Image Archives - 1965 Hurricane Betsy
		Hurricane Betsy was a powerful hurricane which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana in September of 1965.
		At this time, the hurricane is moving steadily northwest, east of the Bahamas...over the next six days the hurricane's motion became highly erratic, first stalling and then moving south and finally west, crossing the Northern Bahamas and then extreme Southern Florida before entering the Gulf of Mexico and making a final landfall in Louisiana.
		The eye of Hurricane Betsy is clearly defined and plainly visible from a high-altitude Air Force reconnaissance aircraft at 1250 EST on September 2, 1965.
	www.tropmet.com /gallery/hurricane/gal_1965_betsy.htm (1223 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Eye Contact
		Luis was now marching due north with bad intentions; a westward swerve could produce disturbing prime-time footage.
		The average hurricane causes $3 billion in property damage; with development piled high on susceptible seashores, the potential for damage is far greater now than it was in the last prolific spell.
		Ironically, one of the hairiest maneuvers of all came as we landed in a fearsome thunderstorm unrelated to Hurricane Luis.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/info/eyecontact.htm (3860 words)

	Hurricane Info
		Hurricane Georges of 1998 was a Category Two Hurricane when it hit the Florida Keys and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
		Hurricane Luis of 1995 was a Category Four hurricane while moving over the Leeward Islands.
		Hurricane Gilbert of 1988 was a Category Five hurricane at peak intensity and is the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone of record.
	bhares.tripod.com /hurricane.htm (922 words)

	Hurricane Luis: September 1995 - Anguilla Local News Index
		On Tuesday, September 5th, 1995, the island of Anguilla took a direct hit from Hurricane Luis.
		To understand how massive and powerful Luis was, you only have to look at the satellite image.
		The awards are to help those made homeless by recent Hurricane Luis.
	news.ai /luis.html (705 words)

	Hurricane Luis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Luis was the twelfth named tropical cyclone and one of the most powerful storms during the very busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season.
		Luis passed through the northern Lesser Antilles with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h), killing 16 and causing billions in damage; weeks later Hurricane Marilyn would strike the same area.
		Hurricane Luis brought 6 inches of rain and strong winds as it passed by Saint Martin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Luis (880 words)

	Hurricane Archive
		This is another satellite image of Hurricane Luis in September 1995.
		This is an Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Opal taken on October 4, 1995.
		This is an image of Hurricane Opal taken on October 4, 1995.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /earth/Atmosphere/hurricane_archive.html (331 words)

	Hurricane Procedures Manual
		Hurricanes David in 1979, Allen in 1980 Gilbert in 1988, Hugo in 1989 and Luis and Marilyn in 1995 caused significant damage to hotels in Dominica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Montserrat, Antigua, and St. Thomas respectively.
		Hurricane Luis was the most destructive since Hurricane Hugo of 1989, with estimated damages of $2.5 billion occurring in the Caribbean from Luis alone.
		Training is vital to the success of hurricane preparedness and disaster management and properties should seek to communicate requirements to the respective staff and to implement training programmes for the relevant procedures.
	www.oas.org /cdmp/document/chaman/chaman.html (4664 words)

	DR. JACK BEVEN'S FLIGHT INTO HURRICANE LUIS
		Hurricane Luis was a large and powerful Cape Verde hurricane that began in the central tropical Atlantic in late August.
		Luis wreaked havoc on the islands from Antigua to St. Martin, with lesser damage from Martinique to Puerto Rico.
		Luis had a large circulation that was an efficient swell generator, and these swells were moving from the storm toward the Bahamas.
	www.mindspring.com /~jbeven/luisfl.htm (4070 words)

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		Hurricane Luis was unusually large as well as strong.
		When Luis hit the islands of the northeastern Caribbean Sea on Sept. 5 and 6, 1995, a line along the storm's path from where tropical storm-force winds of 39 mph were first encountered on the northwest side, through the center to the southeast where winds dropped below 39 mph was more than 350 miles long.
		Luis' strongest winds, up to 140 mph the morning of Sept. 5 and 125 mph that afternoon, were concentrated in the "eye wall," the circle of thunderstorms around the eye.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/whsize.htm (259 words)

	Case Study of the Effects of Hurricane Luis on the Buildings and other Structures of the Electricity Section of the ...
		The recent event of Hurricane Luis in Antigua-Barbuda has provided opportunities, not only for collaborative exercises in reconstruction assistance, but also for learning from the failures and successes and for determining and demonstrating the feasibility of achieving almost total success in future hurricanes.
		Hurricane Luis struck Antigua and Barbuda on 04 and 05 September 1995.
		Luis was a classical, Category-4 storm; almost perfectly formed; large in extent; loaded with moisture; with a very distinct eye of 70 kilometres in diameter and a forward motion of 17 kilometres per hour.
	www.oas.org /CDMP/document/apua/apu.htm (6464 words)

	St. Barths Online
		During the final days of August 1995, tropical storm Luis, crawling across the Atlantic on what now seems a predestined path, developed into a hurricane of awesome dimensions: two hundred and fifty miles across, a sustained wind approaching 150 mph, conveying wave after wave of torrential horizontal rain.
		On Monday night, the 4th of September, the beehive of protective effort was brought to a halt by the arrival of the first waves of wind and rain, and, unsure that they had done enough, islanders withdrew into the most rugged part of the sturdiest buildings that they could find.
		On Monday night, as the first fringes of Hurricane Luis were approaching the island, before communications had been cut, a local girl telephoned a friend in New York to share her anxiety and excitement.
	www.st-barths.com /weather/hurricane_luis.html (741 words)

	CHC - Storms of 1995
		Luis was a Category 4 Cape Verde-type hurricane that wreaked harm and havoc on the northeastern most of the Leeward Islands, with an estimated 16 dead and $2.5 billion in damages.
		As Luis was completing its transition to a deepening North Atlantic low on the morning of September 11, the Canadian Hurricane Centre discontinued its bulletins.
		Hurricane Opal made landfall near Pensacola Beach, Florida as a marginal Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, causing extensive storm surge damage to the immediate coastal areas of the Florida panhandle.
	www.ns.ec.gc.ca /weather/hurricane/storm95.html (2184 words)

	Luxner \| Articles
		Hurricane Luis, with its 140 mph sustained winds and blinding rains, roared into St. Maarten on Sept. 5 after spreading destruction throughout Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Anguilla.
		In Antigua alone, damage from Luis was estimated at $400 million, with "severe damage to private dwellings and commercial buildings," according to a statement by Prime Minister Lester Bird.
		Ironically, in the days immediately following Hurricane Luis, Virgin Islanders were anticipating a windfall as cruise-ship companies announced plans to divert their vessels to St. Thomas from storm-ravaged St. Maarten.
	www.luxner.com /cgi-bin/view_article.cgi?articleID=932 (968 words)

	PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS BRACE FOR HURRICANE LUIS TO HIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hurricane Luis is expected to be on Puerto Rico's doorstep today, threatening to rip into the island and the U.S. Virgin Islands with sustained winds of 140 mph and gusts above 160 mph as it begins a forecast turn to the northwest.
		Luis is as strong as Hugo was when it hit the northeast tip of Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, 1989, causing extreme damage.
		Monday, the center of Luis was about 95 miles east-northeast of Guadeloupe and 90 miles east of Antigua and was moving west at 12 mph.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950905/09050060.htm (475 words)

	Virgin Islands Lifestyle & Hurricane Luis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By Monday morning most people had their storm supplies in hand (there are always a few dawdlers though, me included, and the island's stores were doing a brisk business instead of being closed for the holiday) and preparations moved to the next step.
		Hurricanes sometimes have a nasty predilection for ripping off roofs and hurling them away, exposing all your belongings, treasured and otherwise, to shredding wind and torrential rains.
		Instead of the defoliated moonscape littered with galvanised roofing and debris from destroyed houses that we had been envisioning, the island is still green and relatively unscathed.
	www.usvi.net /caribcat/luis.html (1435 words)

	Beach erosion in Anguilla
		Hurricane Luis, a huge, category-4 hurricane, passed over Anguilla on September 4 to 6 of 1995.
		Following the hurricane, the beaches began to rebuild as some of the sand was moved back onshore.
		While hurricanes are not the only cause of beach erosion, they are certainly a major factor.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/cosalc/projec10.htm (1172 words)

	al.com: Hurricane Center
		The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a rating based on a hurricane's intensity.
		The scale gives an estimate of the potential property damage and flooding expected along the coast if a hurricane were to strike.
		Examples: 1995's Hurricane Luis and 1995's Hurricanes Felix and Opal.
	www.al.com /hurricane/index.ssf?scale.html (416 words)

	Hurricanne Luis and Lenny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hurricane Luis hit the island September 5, 1995.
		The eye of the hurricane sat on top of the island for 36 hours and just tore everything apart.
		Everyone who lived through that hurricane said it was the worst one they had experienced.
	www.qsl.net /pj7b/luis.html (104 words)

	Hurricane Luis: September 1995 - Anguilla Local News Index
		Hurricane Luis: September 1995 - Anguilla Local News Index
		After the hurricane we didn't have current or telephone at home, but we still had Internet service in The Valley.
		On Tuesday, September 5th, 1995, the island of Anguilla took a direct hit from Hurricane Luis.
	www.news.ai /luis.html (705 words)

	Categories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hurricane Andrew came ashore in Florida August 1992 as a Category 4 hurricane.
		Hurricane Luis hit our island as a mild Category 5.
		Hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, and Hazel were Category 4 storms.
	weather.networkidl.net /categories.html (195 words)

	Luis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Luis, hurricane which devastated in Atlantic Ocean in 1995
		Luis I of Portugal, a Portuguese king who ruled between 1861 and 1889
		LUIS is a Hand-held sonar for use underwater by a diver.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luis (143 words)

	Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hurricane Marilyn followed closely on the heels of Hurricane Luis, which hit just the week before.
		Three people were killed and a quarter of St. Thomas' housing was destroyed in the storm, which produced wind gusts of 115 miles per hour.
		He noted that 1989's Hurricane Hugo ripped the roof off Judith's home; she survived that storm by staying under a mattress in the house for 24 hours.
	www.ptreyeslight.com /oldstories/hurricane921.html (206 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Deaths Due to Luis Now Put at 16
		Read a detailed report on Hurricane Luis from the National Hurricane Center.
		As the center of Luis passed over Barbuda Tuesday, it churned up 10-foot waves that breached a narrow inlet and severed a small northeast sliver of the island, part of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda.
		Luis was not expected to hit the U.S. mainland, but the National Weather Service warned of heavy surf and coastal flooding from Florida to southern New England.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/poststories/luis.htm (156 words)

	Hurricane Names - Is Your Name Here?
		Hurricanes names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological Organization.
		Each name on the list starts with a different letter, for example, the name of the very first hurricane of the season starts with the letter A, the next starts with the letter B, and so on.
		Often when an unusually destructive hurricane hits, that hurricane's name is retired and never used again.
	kids.earth.nasa.gov /archive/hurricane/names.html (111 words)

	Hurricane - Hurricane Insurance - Hurricane Total Travel Insurance
		If you are traveling to a hurricane prone area, you must also make sure that your hotel or vacation property will be covered in case of a weather related emergency.
		All policies purchased after a hurricane is named will exclude coverage for weather related damage as a result of the hurricane.
		Hurricanes are ranked in severity by their category.
	www.totaltravelinsurance.com /hurricane.asp (1298 words)

	THREE'S A CROWD HURRICANE LUIS CRASHES COUPLE'S ROMANTIC PARTY.
		It was about midnight Sept. 4 when Luis arrived with pounding sheets of rain and wind gusts of up to 160 mph.
		The honeymooners decided the large closet would be the safest place in their suite, and they closed the door behind them.
		Luis had passed, leaving behind at least three dead on Antigua.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950912/09120269.htm (668 words)

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		With estimates of residents without shelter soaring past the 1 million mark, Americans and people from around the world have begun opening their hearts to help the victims of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
		Assist victims of Hurricane Katrina with monetary donations to the Red Cross, America's Second Harvest Network, and other charitable organizations.
	www.neworleans-louisiana.com (363 words)

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