{{Title text: 'Finding a 105-year-old who's lived in each location and asking them which hurricane they think was the worst' is left as an exercise for the reader.}}
What's the worst hurricane anyone in your town remembers?
Estimated from Hurdat database and NCEP rainfall totals 1914-2014
[[Map showing the eastern coastline from Texas through Maine, showing which hurricanes were the worst in any given area.]]
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