1916 Texas Hurricane

[Jim Eshelman]

August 18, 1916, 6:50 PM, near Baffin Bay in Texas (use 27N15, 97W31)

This was the most intense hurricane (i.e., measured in barometric pressure) to strike the U.S. in 30 years. Besides Texas, it created much damage in Jamaica (where it made first landfall while still very weak). It struck Texas as a Category 4 with sustained winds near its 135 mph peak, with gusts at least 90 mph.

Altogether 24 deaths, $28.6 million in damages ($1.6 million in Texas).

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Mercury on Dsc 1°44'
Uranus on Dsc 2°10'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 0°07' PVP
-- Me/Ur on Dsc 0°13'
-- Mercury-Uranus conj. 3°36'
Neptune on EP 1°52'
Moon-Mars sq. 1°18' in mundo
Moon-Venus sq. 2°14'

Bridge {+3}
t Neptune conj. Capsolar EP 0°01'
t Saturn conj. Cansolar Asc 0°40'
t Mars conj. Cansolar IC 0°52'

Quarter: Cansolar {+2}
Sun on Asc 0°34'
Saturn on Asc 3°36'
-- Sun-Saturn conj. 3°00'
Neptune widely foreground
-- Neptune sq. non-angular Jupiter 0°52'
Moon-Jupiter sq. 2°37' in mundo

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn.

Week: Arilunar {+2}
(A perfect "heavy rain" lunar ingress with heavy damage also)
Moon on IC 0°59'
Venus on Dsc 1°28'
-- Moon-Venus sq. 2°27' in mundo
Mars & Pluto more widely foreground
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 1°20' in mundo
Moon-Saturn sq. 1°05'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {0 / +2 = +2}
(Angles for event chart exactly match those of CapQ)
p Asc sq. p Moon 0°36'
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t Neptune conj. s EP 0°01'
t Moon conj. s MC 0°34'
t Sun sq. s Moon 0°20'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
p MC sq. s Uranus 1°23'
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t Saturn conj. s Asc 0°40'
t Mars conj. s IC 0°52'
-- Mars-Saturn implicit sq 0°12'