Chances are you never heard of Hurricane Sam because he is not a threat to the USA. However, Sam has been a hurricane in the Atlantic for 12 days now: Attained tropical storm status on September 22 at 35 MPH. September 23    50 MPH                   24    75  ( a hurricane )                   25  140                   26  150                   27  120                   28  130                   29  140                   30  145 October       1  150                     2  125                     3  100                     4  100                     5    80 Amazingly enough, Sam has long been in the North Atlantic, and is still a hurricane.  Recently, he circled between Greenland and Iceland, and finally today decided to move east, and will skirt just south of Iceland. So how phenomenal is this?  Hardly, for the most impressive tropical cyclone on record was  Hurricane/Typhoon John in 1994 : Lasted for 31 days from August 11 to September 11. Never made landfall. Formed east of the Intern