Use a peat-based, âsoil-lessâ mix, consisting of at least 30-50% vermiculite and/or perlite. âVioletâ soils arenot necessarily good for violets! Go by the ingredients, not the label! A bag of good soil should feel like a nice, fluffy, soft, pillow. Add more perlite to soil the wetter you plant on keeping the plant.
1 Hurricane Fran--The most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 1996 Hurricane Season. 2  Made landfall over North Carolina with 115 mph winds in September of that year, and caused some $3.2 billion dollars in damage at the time. 3  Damage estimates are even higher today. Colonial Hurricane of 1635--Was a powerful New England hurricane that struck the Massachussetts Bay Colony in 1635 some fifteen years after the Mayflower struck land at Plymouth Rock. 2  This storm had reminded many of the pilgrims and settlers of past hurricanes that struck in the West Indies or Caribbean.
The huge storm tops the list of the most powerful in human history. Here are the top eight storms on record to make landfall across the globe: Super Typhoon Haiyan - Samar, Philippines, 2013. Winds roared at a calculated 220 mph and Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla reported a 10-foot surge in one village in Leyte. âIt is the most powerful storm ever to make landfall,â Weather Channel lead meteorologist Michael Palmer told NBC News.