Totally OT but . . .

Hurricane Wilma's doing and I see that hard on "her" heels is Tropical
Storm Alpha.

The predicted path for the two look as though they are going to
collide, mercifully in the Atlantic.

Does anyone know if two hurricanes and/or tropical storms have
actually collided overland??

Nearl J Icarus...

Maybe I should check up here more often. While it doesn't answer your
question, but there is an example of what happens when storms do collide. That
would be "the Halloween nor'easter of 1991." Also known as "The Perfect Storm"
that the book/movie is based on. It was 2,000 miles wide, going from Jamaica
to the coast of Labrador.

Charani...

Thank you :)) That was one heck of a storm!!

I know, it's a daft question, but it's Sunday afternoon and my PC's
gone on a go slow :((

Huntersglenn...

I know they mentioned that Wilma, being the stronger storm, would
basically absorb Alpha (I still don't understand why they can't continue
with the alphabet. There are names that begin with X, Y and Z). Based

Christopher Jahn...

Who could believe we'd get that far? Besides, while there are names
starting with X,Y, and Z, there are not very many of them. They like to
put about 12 names for each letter into the randomizer.

Based

on that, I would guess that unless the two storms were the exact same
strength at the time they near each other, then the weaker will always
be absorbed. But, that's just a guess and not based on anything
scientific .

Christopher Jahn...

There will never be two storms of exactly the same strength; even if they
are they same category. One will always be a tiny bit bigger, and will
always absorb the other.

ck183...

May not be true. Years ago I recall seeing a program on Gulf hurricanes
which described two that met and bounced off each other, sparing a
Caribbean island major damage.

Of course that was over water, and the question was over land, but the
principle may still apply, since fronts often push unconnected storms
before them.