PART VI: CONCLUSION 



13. Hurricane Danny was the second Atlantic and the first landf ailing 

 hurricane of the 1985 season. Classed as Category 1 on the Saf fir-Simpson 

 scale, it reached maximum intensity just prior to landfall with an estimated 

 maximum windspeed of about 90 mph and observed windspeeds of 70 mph or more in 

 all quadrants. The surge generated by Danny was confined primarily to 

 Vermilion and Atchafalaya Bays. Eastward of Atchafalaya Bay, surge levels 

 exceeded the predicted tide by about a foot or less. However, within 

 Vermilion and Atchafalaya Bays, surge levels as much as 5 ft above the ex- 

 pected astronomical tide were recorded. Surge levels diminished rapidly with 

 distance inland, and the poststorm survey indicated only communities located 

 on the periphery of Vermilion and Atchafalaya Bays to be significantly 

 affected. 



14. Wave data acquired at the Vermilion 22 platform during Danny should 

 prove particularly useful for verification of numerical wave models. The 

 close passage of Danny to Vermilion 22 resulted in rapidly varying wave condi- 

 tions, a particularly severe test of the growth, propagation, and decay algo- 

 rithms used in wave models. 



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