▁Al mir ante ▁sust ained ▁considerable ▁damage ▁but ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁return ▁safely ▁to ▁Port ▁Royal . ▁Sh ips ▁sail ing ▁for ▁the ▁Y uc at án ▁Channel ▁and ▁in ▁western ▁Cub an ▁waters ▁were ▁war ned ▁to ▁exercise ▁extreme ▁ca ution ▁following ▁the ▁h urr icane ' s ▁passage ▁of ▁J ama ica . ▁W inds ▁pe aked ▁at ▁ 3 6   m ph ▁( 5 8   km / h ) ▁in ▁Hav ana , ▁Cuba ▁as ▁the ▁storm ▁passed ▁through ▁the ▁channel ▁well ▁to ▁the ▁city ' s ▁west . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁impact s ▁ ▁Pre par ations ▁As ▁potential ▁impact s ▁on ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁became ▁more ▁clear , ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁issued ▁storm ▁warnings ▁for ▁virt ually ▁the ▁entire ▁extent ▁of ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Se ab o ard ▁from ▁East port , ▁Maine ▁south ward ▁to ▁the ▁Florida ▁coast ▁on ▁September   2 7 . ▁Storm ▁warnings ▁for ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁coast — where ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁would ▁eventually ▁make ▁land fall — w ere ▁first ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁September   2 8 ▁and ▁dis sem in ated ▁via ▁te legraph ▁and ▁mail . ▁That ▁afternoon , ▁a ▁h urr icane ▁warning ▁was ▁issued ▁for ▁coast al ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁Mexico ▁from ▁P ens ac ola , ▁Florida ▁to ▁New ▁Orleans , ▁Louisiana . ▁Ext ensive ▁efforts ▁to ▁communicate ▁the ▁im min ent ▁threat ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁pos ed ▁began ▁in ▁earnest ▁following ▁the ▁issu