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Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 05:52 PM Oct 2016

Grim trigger warning: Google "pictures 1928 hurricane."



Old tale my Grandmother told of that hurricane when it moved upstate and passed over Pasco County:

"Oh, that wind bent the trees over close to the ground. Then, we ran out to tend to the animals and get wood, then ran back in [the eye]. Well that wind came back the other way, and straightened those trees back up!"

Some humor during a bad time.

Note that the 1928 hurricane tracked a path similar to some projections of Matthew. God, I hope it doesn't squat on Lake Okeechobee (40 miles across) and create another self-contained storm surge! This is where over 2,500 souls drowned as "their eyes were watching God" (Z. N. hurston).
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Grim trigger warning: Google "pictures 1928 hurricane." (Original Post) Eleanors38 Oct 2016 OP
Okeechobee is high over 15 ft Motley13 Oct 2016 #1

Motley13

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1. Okeechobee is high over 15 ft
Wed Oct 5, 2016, 06:03 PM
Oct 2016


Last draining led to the green algae, Matthew could lead to a lot of flooding.
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