SALISBURY -- Rick Schwartz, a tracker of hurricanes since 1967 and author of the book "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States," said the Delmarva Peninsula has been due for "the big one," and Hurricane Irene could be it.
Since the current active hurricane cycle started in 1995, Irene will be the first major mid-Atlantic coastal hurricane, a figure which is "way under historic norms," Schwartz said.
By this point in a typical cycle, Delmarva should have already seen two or three notable hurricanes, he said.In the last two active hurricane cycles -- one from the mid-1870s to 1904 and the other from 1933-60 -- there were six notable hurricanes to impact the area. He considered notable hurricanes as storms that produced more than $1 billion in damages.
"It looks like we're about to play catch-up," he said.
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