Hurricane Opal was unique in that she attacked with the brilliant stab of an arrow. Her liability was an inability to make a consistent follow through, as indicated here by the dashed lines.

Which is one way that things have changed since then. You have to think the graphics would be much improved. Maybe they could simply used this tracking map.

Opal reached maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour and more than 15,000 homes in the Auburn area lost power.

Damage was estimated at $1.8 million in the U.S., making it the third-costliest expensive storm at that time. Opal was blamed for 18 deaths in the region.

More than 2,000 fallen pine trees were air-lifted from the Grand National Golf Course, two babies -- Opie and Olivia -- were delivered at the local hospital during the storm, which gave us all plenty to talk about for the rest of the year.

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