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1810 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. On August 12 a hurricane hit Trinidad , causing heavy damage. The system apparently moved to Jamaica by the 15th. {Link without Title} II. A tropical storm hit near Charleston, South Carolina on September 11 , causing minor damage. III. A tropical cyclone impacts Cuba on September 28th. IV. The "Salty Storm" strikes Cuba on October 24th and 25th. The pressure at Havana falls to 29.35" {Link without Title} 1811 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. Charleston, South Carolina was hit by a minor hurricane on September 10 , causing many deaths, tornadoes, and crop damage as it moved across the state. II. On October 4 a major hurricane hit near St. Augustine, Florida . Many homes were destroyed, and 35 people drowned in the sinking of a U.S. Gunboat. III. On October 26 a Spanish ship is lost at Elliot Key from a hurricane. 1812 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. A tropical cyclone impacted Puerto Rico on July 23. {Link without Title} II. On August 19 , a major hurricane struck southeast Louisiana after raking the Caribbean Islands. It passed just to the west of New Orleans , almost destroying the levee north of town. The hurricane caused severe flooding, damaged 53 boats, caused $6,000,000 in damage, and 100 deaths. The British fleet in the War Of 1812 was disrupted. III. There is record of another hurricane affecting Puerto Rico on August 21st. IV. Later in the season, a hurricane hit Jamaica on October 12 , affecting the island into the 14th. It continued northwestward, hitting Cuba on the 14th. It destroyed 500 houses and many ships. 1813 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. On July 22 , a hurricane hit Barbados , killing 18 there. It continued through the islands, affecting Puerto Rico on the 23rd, causing more damage and deaths along its path. II. A storm struck Jamaica from July 31-August 1, leading to many lives lost. III. A powerful hurricane hit Martinique in August of this season, causing 3000 deaths. IV. A compact major hurricane hit near Charleston, South Carolina on August 27 , causing many deaths due to drowning. V. Northeast Florida/Southeast Georgia was hit by a major hurricane on September 16 , causing strong storm surge and 50 casualties. 1814 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. A minimal hurricane hit South Carolina on July 1 , causing 1 tornado. II. A hurricane impacted Puerto Rico on July 22nd and 23rd. 1815 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. Cape Lookout, North Carolina was hit by a major hurricane on September 3 . It moved northeastward across the state, reaching the Atlantic Ocean near Maryland . It weakened over land to a tropical storm, but still brought gusty winds to New England . It caused at least 4 deaths. Main article: Great September Gale Of 1815 II. Three weeks later, another major hurricane was located off the coast of Virginia moving northward. It hit Long Island, New York on September 23 , causing damage and destruction throughout New England. At least 20 deaths occurred, though "The loss of life was so heavy that the newspapers did not have space enough to give all the details of the marine disasters." III. A tropical storm was located off the coast of South Carolina on September 28 , but did not make landfall. IV. From October 17 until October 19 Jamaica was hit by a hurricane. It drifted over the island, causing 100 deaths. V. A minor hurricane hit Saint Bartholomew on October 18 . It turned northwestward, and moved up the Chesapeake Bay on October 24 , delaying ships' arrivals. 1816 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. June 5-8: A hurricane brushed the Florida Keys, causing the loss of 5 ships. [http://www.treasurelore.com/florida/hurricanes.htm] Interestingly, it appears to have been lured northward by an unusual June snowstorm across New England [http://www.umaine.edu/maineclimate/newsletters/html/June_2002_Newsletter_txt.htm]. II. Haiti, around Port-au-Prince, was struck by a hurricane on August 18th {Link without Title} . III. There is record of a hurricane devastating Puerto Rico on September 18th, which could be the continuation of a storm which led to a severe gale for Barbados on the 15th [http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/sketches/hurricane.html . IV. A tropical storm affected Virginia on September 18 before moving northeast into New York. The tropical storm caused heavy flooding in the James River area. V. On October 16-17, a severe gale was experienced in Dominica and Martinique. During the storm, an earthquake shook the region. {Link without Title} 1817 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. A hurricane was first observed in the northeast Gulf Of Mexico on August 6 . It crossed over Florida, and when it reached the western Atlantic, it paralleled the coastlines of Georgia and South Carolina. It moved inland over southern North Carolina, and brought heavy rain to the Norfolk, Virginia area, delaying mail delivery and causing flooding through the mid-Atlantic. II. Barbados was struck by a hurricane on October 21 , causing 250 deaths as it moved through the Lesser Antilles . 1818 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON I. A huricane passed by the Cayman Islands in early September. It crossed the Yucatán Peninsula , and turned northwest when it reached the Bay Of Campeche . The hurricane intensified to a Category 2-3 before hitting Galveston, Texas on September 12 . The hurricane was "quite severe", destroying all but six houses on Galveston Island . II. A tropical cyclone seriously affected Puerto Rico on September 22nd. It possibly recurved sharply offshore the Eastern Seaboard, as the frigate Macedonian encountered a hurricane on the 26th and 27th to the east-northeast of Bermuda. The breeze freshened that afternoon as the ship lay near 35.6N 55.7W. By sunset, waves increased to nine feet, and southeast gales lashed the system after midnight on the 27th. Winds continued to increase into that afternoon, as seas increased to 18 feet. One man fell overboard by 5 pm and drowned. The hurricane reached its full violence by 10 pm, splitting the storm staysails, and making the rigging useless. The main mast cracked under the strain by 2 am on the 28th, and the mizzenmast followed suit by 4 am. Seawater poured into the ship from all sides, as the wooden hull twisted under the force of the 40-foot waves. The ship finally cleared the storm without capsizing by noon, and finally got to see a sunset by the evening of the 29th (from Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian 1809-1922 p. 129-139). III. An October hurricane affected Jamaica. {Link without Title} IV. On November 20th, a second hurricane visited Jamaica. 1819 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Bay St. Louis Hurricane The hurricane exact origin of this hurricane is unknown, but it likely formed off the coast of Cuba before heading on a west-northwest track towards the Gulf Coast . A small hurricane, it reached an estimated Category 3-4 strength before making landfall on July 27 in southeastern Louisiana , bringing heavy winds and a 5-6ft Storm Surge . The hurricane continued northeastward, making a second landfall in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi before dissapating inland. Known as one of the most destructive hurricanes to affect the United States during the first half of the 19th century, the Bay St. Louis Hurricane caused severe damage across Alabama , Louisiana , and Mississippi , leaving behind the remains of shattered buildings and uprooted trees. Several vessels (from small boats to 60-ton brigs) were driven ashore by the hurricane's storm surge. One of them was the capsizing of the U.S. warship Firebrand , drowning 39 sailors. Several U.S. solders were caught off guard by the hurricane and perished in its midst. There were also reports of people being attacked by Alligators , Snapping Turtles , and Snakes , which further added to the death toll. The hurricane caused over $100,000 dollars (1819 US Dollars ) in damage, and killed between 43 to 175 people, some of them later found washed up across the Gulf Coast. Other storms II. A tropical storm hit between New Orleans and Apalachicola in September. III. On September 21 and September 22 , a hurricane hit the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico , causing heavy damage and loss of life. {Link without Title} IV. A hurricane impacts Cuba on October 28th. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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