Tag: Lake Okeechobee

  • The Worst Hurricane You Never Heard Of

    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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Shav LaVigne
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Most, but not all postcard collectors actively seek cards from their hometowns. Those who live in places where there are unusual landmarks, important buildings, and historical sites can have a field day. One well-known collector has 117 cards of the same hotel in Atlantic City. Here is a west coast story of hometown collecting.

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