July 26, 2024
Tag: hurricanes in Florida
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The Worst Hurricane You Never Heard Of
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The South Florida Hurricane happened in September 1928. Calvin Coolidge was the occupant of the Oval Office. The weather bureau had been working at forecasting dangerous storms for more than fifty years, but their most useful tools were that of educated observation and data comparison to the statistics of past events. “Accurate” was hardly part…
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August 18, 2022 3 Comments
George Brill, one of America’s most admired illustrators, thanked his teachers for his education. “Without them,” he said, “I would be drawing 10¢ cartoons in Sunday newspapers.” He became a wealthy man using his art skills, but he had a softer side, too! Here are the Ginks.