                                 tence 1: What is the scale used to  measure the strength of hurricanes called?    ntence 2: The city has only received one  lirect hit from a hurricane since 1871;  however, Jacksonville has experienced  hurricane or near-hurricane conditions  more than a dozen times due to storms  brossing the state from the Gulf of Mexico  o the Atlantic Ocean, or passing to the  orth or south in the Atlantic and  rushing past the area.