December 7, 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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May 16, 2022 2 Comments
William Steig was a household name in his day. His art in the New Yorker was clever and brought smiles to faces even when the topic was serious. He was also known in the worlds of advertising and children’s literature. He was an American treasure.