Malcolm, just educated myself after reading your post. Thanks for the schooling. See the track for the Great Labor Day hurricane was quite an eye-opener.
From here http://www.weatherunderground.com/bl...ers/show.html:
I'm not the most scrupulous storm tracker, and certainly no expert, but do hurricanes ever actually stop and pound anywhere for a while? I know they can slow, but come on, someplace for days? I don't remember seeing a hurricane...