Originally Posted by
peekay4
@hamster3null
No one is talking about damage. If you read again what was written above: "although most usually don't get to full-strength until later, many develop quickly enough to affect daily life in Cape Verde".
LeadSled's original description: "I wonder what the tropical revolving thing was, that got me stuck there in the late 1970's. No aircraft in or out for about four/five days".
If you look at Frederic, for example, you can see that it started as a Tropical Depression within 200nm south of Cape Verde, close enough to cancel flights.
Frederic was first recorded as a tropical depression centered at 11.0 N 25.5 W, with 25 kt wind and 250 nm away from the nearest major airport. (
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/stor...c/prelim06.gif) Would that be really sufficient to cancel flights? That's a much lower bar than I'd have expected. If that is the case, Cape Verde would see multiple airport closures every year.
As for the damage, he mentions a fishing boat being smashed to firewood...