As Florida Braces for 2nd Big Storm, the Flight Begins: "Hurricane Frances remained a Category 4 storm—the second-strongest rating—as it churned past the Bahamas on Thursday, and forecasters said that if it remained that strong when it hit Florida, it would be the first time since 1915 that two hurricanes of such magnitude struck the United States in the same year. The two in 1915 struck New Orleans and Galveston, Tex."