Saturday, August 16, 2008

Ah, Hurricane Season


Hurricane season is here again.  Tropical Storm Fay is on the way and just a few days away. Hopefully she'll stay a TS and won't grow to hurricane strength.  The two photos of the hurricane monument are in Islamorada, dedicated to those civilians and veterans who perished in the storm of 1935.  200 mile per hour winds and a tidal wave estimated at 17 feet destroyed the Florida Keys and Henry Flagler's railroad back then. Today, million dollar homes line the shore and the Flagler railroad has long since been replaced with US-1, soon to be designated a "scenic highway".

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