December 15, 2025
Tag: Lake Okeechobee
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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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July 25, 2023 5 Comments
Straight out of the “I wish I had thought of that!” is the story of the Barbie Doll. Who could imagine that a German bachelor-party-favor would become the prototype for one of America’s favorite toys? Truth is stranger than fiction. Think of what? Not, I, for sure!