A firend of mine who is really into weather explained that it has to do with the way a hurricane moves. It moves about 20 miles an hour generally Northeast, or Northwest, but generally north. Now, add the counter clockwise spin to that, and that's where most of the damage is. Once it goes over land, it loses a lot of fuel, but if it's close to the coast, that spin will also pull in moisture from the gulf up the right side of a hurricane.
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