Must-see: new NWS website on September 1928 hurricane

[MiamiensisWx]

Let's just go all out and call it a full strength Wilma, with a Katrina windfield... br-r-r--r... not a prospect I like even thinking about... may it NEVER happen.

A2K

I agree!

[MiamiensisWx]

Does anyone like the website, by the way?

[Patrick99]

This is new. I found this great website within the main NWS Miami website. It contains lots of good, general information on the 1928 San Felipe Segundo-Okeechobee Hurricane that killed 2,500 people in Florida and over 1,000 in the Caribbean. The page here also contains rarely-seen images of the destruction caused by the 145MPH Category Four storm at landfall in southeast Florida, town by town. Check it out!

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/newpage/Okeechobee.html

What do you think? This storm was quite amazing.

If that or the 1926 storm ever happens again, it's lights out on this area for a while.

[MiamiensisWx]

Very true, unfortunately.

[MomH]

Thought this might interest some of you. It is a picture of my FIL's home after the 1928 storm. Back building is newer kitchen and small storage room. In the foreground is the floor of the rest of the house -- all that was left.



He was not there but three of his younger brothers were and alone. Parents and rest of the family had gone north for a visit. All survived.

MomH

[MiamiensisWx]

Wow, MomH! What did his younger brothers remember from the storm?

[MomH]

One of the boys just gave me his version last week. He was age 9 at the time and is now in the "not remembering everything Exactly" stage of life. However, he remembered enough to bring tears even now. An older brother put him in a palm tree that had been blown over years before and continued to grow out sideways. Does that make sense? He was told to hang on tight and face away from the wind. I have heard from others that the boys also tied themselves to the trees. In any case, he remembers the waters reached the top of his shoulders before it started going down. They hung on all night. Uncle said it was "like riding a bucking mule." He is the only one left of the family who has any personal memories of the storm. I am in the process of trying to collect recollections from the children of those who survived.

[MiamiensisWx]

Very interesting and sad information! Will you post more as you gather more recollection information?

[CHRISTY]

HERE ARE SOME DAMAGE PICS OF THE 1928 HURRICANE!(CLICK ON THUMBNAILS)





















AND OF COURSE IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FLORIDA HURRICANES WE CANT FORGET THIS MONSTER...THE 1935 LABORDAY HURRICANE

HERE'S A GOOD PIC OF THOSE DEVASTATING WINDS THAT SLAMMED INTO THE FLORIDA KEYS....




FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW EXACTLY HOW STRONG THIS HURRICANE WAS, ON SEPTEMBER 2 IN 1935 IT HAD 893 MB A VERY STRONG CAT 5 WITH WINDS ALMOST REACHING 200 MPH....

HERE'S ONE PIC OF SOME DAMAGE....



http://www.tommymarkham.com/Hurricane/AListPage.htm