Aruba is outside the hurricane belt. How did Felix strike so close?
Because hurricane Felix developed at a very low point in the tropics near latitude 11.8 north and longitude 58.6 west,this if it had develop say 10 degrees lower Trinidad would be right in it ,so its no suprise that it has affected the ABC islands,as it moved on a more WNW to NW track. Just because we have a 120 year record dosen’t mean that in prehistroric events the islands them selves haven’t been hit and that they cannot be hit,the Hurricane belt is there becasue of the amount of count of actual stroms which affect areas by frequency and intesnsity. Who’s to tell,look at Hurricane Lenny of Nov, 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_L… that move from West to east,i could just imagine the loook on the faces of the forcasters. The Hurricane belt is only as good as its History in Weather Observation. I have found an article also to help put “it” in more understandable terms. {The Hurricane belt however dos
