1970-1974

1970

The Atlantic was rather quieter in the 1970s than in the 1960s. One notable storm: Celia, which struck Corpus Christi dead on. Localized areas of intense winds caused much of the damage in the city. The storm was not a major flooding event, but still one of the worst storms since 1950 to hit Texas. (Not worse than Carla though. Carla stands alone.) Celia is definitely remembered today: it was intensifying as it made landfall, the strongest winds were on the left side of the storm (usually on the right), the strongest winds actually passed over a city, it weakened slowly and was a TS far inland.

1971

Two notable storms: Edith and Ginger. Edith was particularly damaging to Nicaragua and Honduras. The storm later damaged crops in SW Louisiana and spawned several tornadoes there. Ginger is mostly known for being the second longest lasting (27 days) Atlantic hurricane. The storm did cause heavy rainfall in eastern North Carolina.

1972

One notable storm: Agnes. This was probably Pennsylvania's worst hurricane ever - it was particularly damaging to more inland towns like Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre and even Pittsburgh. There was so much water dumped into Pennsylvania's rivers that the Chesapeake seafood industry suffered losses because the water was too fresh (as opposed to brackish). Agnes was also the costliest hurricane ever at that point.

1973

Forget it. Delia did cause heavy rainfall in the Houston area, but it was no Allison.

1974

Two notable storms: Carmen and Fifi. Carmen was unusually fond of moving in cardinal directions. It struck a little populated area of the Yucatan - most damage was to crops. The storm later threatened to hit New Orleans, but turned and sunk Forrest Gump's shrimp boat or something; I've never watched the movie. Amusingly, the worst rainfall was in Alabama. You know what's not so amusing? Fifi, mostly known for being the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane. 8,000-10,000 died. The storm fucked up Honduras pretty good, mostly because of excessive and long lasting rain. The storm was bad enough to effect its economy. Fifi's remnants crossed over to the Pacific where they were known as Hurricane Orlene; the storm later made landfall on Mexico's west coast somewhere.