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Los Angeles Times
September 9, 2017
The Category 5 Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is the strongest storm ever to make landfall in the United States. It killed at least 485 people, including at least 257 military veterans who had been deployed to the Florida Keys to construct the bridge linking the string of islands. Two weeks later, the leftist journal The New MassesÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
September 8, 2017
And then Hemingway – and others – went on to perform heroic acts during the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, says author Les Standiford. One of only two pre-Irma storms classified as Category 5 to hit Florida in its history, the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 produced what is still the lowestÃÂ ...
CBS Miami
September 8, 2017
That's because Hurricane Irma reminds Setzer of the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935; the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. The Labor Day Hurricane was the first of three Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States at that intensity during the 20th century. The other two are 1969'sÃÂ ...
National Geographic
September 8, 2017
How one mistake led to a harrowing race to save hundreds of men trapped in the Florida Keys. .... The winds of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane may have reached 200 miles per hour at times — more than enough to slice the roof and second story off the Hotel Matecumbe in the village of Islamorada onÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 5, 2017
The Florida Keys has a long history of being struck by hurricanes. But none have come close to the death and destruction levied by the infamous Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, one of the most intense to have ever struck the U.S.. With winds of over 180 miles per hour, three ships were grounded and 11 carsÃÂ ...
Live Science
September 5, 2017
The only other Category 5 hurricanes to hit the U.S. since the beginning of the 20th century were the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which raked the Florida Keys, and Hurricane Camille, which hit Mississippi and Louisiana in 1969. Category 5 storms don't typically stay at that strength for extended periods ofÃÂ ...
The Weather Channel
January 30, 2018
The most intense U.S. hurricane at landfall (by pressure), the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, was estimated to have maximum sustained winds of 185 mph at landfall in the Florida Keys. Again, however, no instruments sampled that tempest. Therefore, the strongest measured wind gust from a hurricane onÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 9, 2017
The Category 5 Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is the strongest storm ever to make landfall in the United States. It killed at least 485 people, including at least 257 military veterans who had been deployed to the Florida Keys to construct the bridge linking the string of islands. Two weeks later, the leftist journalÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 9, 2017
The most intense hurricane to strike the United States, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, tore first through Craig Key with estimated winds that exceeded 200 miles an hour. One estimate put the toll at 485 dead, including about 250 veterans who were caught in work camps building new highway bridgesÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
September 8, 2017
And then Hemingway – and others – went on to perform heroic acts during the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, says author Les Standiford. One of only two pre-Irma storms classified as Category 5 to hit Florida in its history, the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 produced what is still the lowestÃÂ ...
CBS Miami
September 8, 2017
That's because Hurricane Irma reminds Setzer of the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935; the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. The Labor Day Hurricane was the first of three Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States at that intensity during the 20th century. The other two are 1969'sÃÂ ...
National Geographic
September 8, 2017
How one mistake led to a harrowing race to save hundreds of men trapped in the Florida Keys. .... The winds of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane may have reached 200 miles per hour at times — more than enough to slice the roof and second story off the Hotel Matecumbe in the village of Islamorada onÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
September 5, 2017
The Florida Keys has a long history of being struck by hurricanes. But none have come close to the death and destruction levied by the infamous Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, one of the most intense to have ever struck the U.S.. With winds of over 180 miles per hour, three ships were grounded and 11 carsÃÂ ...
CBS News
October 19, 2017
... hasn't done enough to help Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria hit, ... Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the "Labor Day" Hurricane of 1935 all hit ...
Miami New Times
October 19, 2017
The catastrophic hurricane wrecked the Florida Keys, but Pigeon Key proudly ... After hurricanes such as the one on Labor Day 1935, Donna, ...
Norfolk Daily News (blog)
October 12, 2017
But, ponder this: If global warming was responsible for hurricanes ... 1,386 people died ... or the Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, etc.
Florida Keys Weekly
October 9, 2017
... Keys hurricanes — “Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.” ... It didn't have the tremendous power of the Labor Day storm. ... Hurricane Irma was “one of the nastiest hurricanes we've seen,” and the length of time ... it before it turned toward the Florida Keys, kept it from being much worse.
Richmond.com
October 7, 2017
The most powerful one occurred on Labor Day in 1935 and was stronger ... monitoring and the fact that there is a 40-to-60 year hurricane cycle.
The Spokesman-Review
October 6, 2017
Maria's winds at landfall were exceeded by three Category 5 hurricanes that came ashore on the U.S. mainland: in the Florida Keys in 1935, ...
Orlando Sentinel
October 6, 2017
Of the top 30 killer hurricanes that have struck the U.S. mainland since ... behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys, and 1969Â ...
Up & Coming Weekly
October 3, 2017
Remembering the Dream-Wrecking 1935 Labor Day Hurricane ... What did these names have to do with the hurricane that attacked the Florida Keys on Sept. ... Battling hurricanes, mosquitoes, illnesses and labor problems, ...
National Geographic
September 8, 2017
Hurricanes were a fact of life in the Keys, and the natives knew that even a minimal ... construction project in the Florida Keys in the summer of 1935. ... The winds of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane may have reached 200 miles ...
Telegraph.co.uk
September 9, 2017
Terrible though the deaths and damage caused by Hurricane Irma may ... the US Labor Day hurricane of 1935; Allen (1980), which killed 269,ÃÂ ...
9NEWS.com
September 9, 2017
The path is now forecast to hit the Florida Keys and southwest Florida on .... 2, 1935. Hurricanes were not officially named back then, but this one became known as the Florida Keys or Labor Day hurricane because of whereÃÂ ...
Winston-Salem Journal
September 9, 2017
Q: When did people first start giving names to hurricanes? ... Great Miami Hurricane) or their times (such as the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935).
Miami Herald
September 9, 2017
The most intense hurricane to strike the United States, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, tore first through Craig Key with estimated winds thatÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017 —When Labor Day 1935 rolled around, Ernest Hemingway was ... Q: How did the Florida Keys become so significant? ... systems advancing from the west to the east and their influence on hurricanes.
National Geographic
September 8, 2017
Hurricanes were a fact of life in the Keys, and the natives knew that even a minimal ... construction project in the Florida Keys in the summer of 1935. ... The winds of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane may have reached 200 milesÃÂ ...
CBS Miami
September 8, 2017
When The Labor Day hurricane barreled across the Upper Keys on Sept. ... A year after the hurricane, the 17-foot-tall Florida Keys MemorialÃÂ ...
WTOP
September 6, 2017
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Irma began to move across the Caribbean islands on Wednesday, packing winds of 185 mph. South Florida isÃÂ ...
Airlock Alpha
February 24, 2017
Brown was the director in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency when Hurricane Katrina hit the United States in 2005.
Leader-Telegram
February 11, 2017
Deemed the Eighth Wonder of the World when it debuted in 1912, the railroad was largely destroyed by the infamous Labor Day hurricane of 1935. The ferocious storm also killed hundreds of workers - many of them World War I veterans - who were in theÃÂ ...
FlKeysNews.com
February 10, 2017
A small house was also built in the middle of the island where they could seek refuge during heavy storms and hurricanes. The community's resolve would be tested in the later days of October 1906, as would the fortitude of 100 passengers and crew ...
The Straits Times
February 7, 2017
... the hurricane evacuation route to Miami. The signs are not surprising, given the intensity of the storms that can smash into the Florida Keys. ... Evacuation plans may be vulnerable in the Florida Keys during storms - just as protections set in ...
St. Augustine Record
January 22, 2017
Driving the 100-plus miles that link the Florida Keys' limestone and coral islands ranks as one of America's epic road trips.
News Chief
January 21, 2017
KEY LARGO - Driving the 100-plus miles that link the Florida Keys' limestone and coral islands ranks as one of America's epic road trips.
FlKeysNews.com
January 19, 2017
... is a museum, theater and gift shop, offering lessons in Keys history from the First People/Indians, Spanish treasure fleets, pirates and wreckers, history of fishing in the Keys, as well as stories of Flagler's Railway and the Great Labor Day ...
MyPalmBeachPost
January 18, 2017
Deemed the Eighth Wonder of the World when it debuted in 1912, the railroad was largely destroyed by the infamous Labor Day hurricane of 1935. The ferocious storm also killed hundreds of workers - many of them World War I veterans - who were in theÃÂ ...
Catskill Daily Mail
January 11, 2017
Long Key Fishing Camp in the Florida Keys. The camp was destroyed ... The fishing camp was destroyed by the infamous "Labor Day Hurricane of 1935" which also destroyed the "Overseas Railroad" connecting the mainland to the keys. The rail connectionÃÂ ...
Catskill Daily Mail
January 10, 2017
Long Key Fishing Camp in the Florida Keys. The camp was destroyed ... The fishing camp was destroyed by the infamous "Labor Day Hurricane of 1935" which also destroyed the "Overseas Railroad" connecting the mainland to the keys. The rail connectionÃÂ ...
FlKeysNews.com
January 9, 2017
Deemed the Eighth Wonder of the World when it debuted in 1912, the railroad was largely destroyed by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. The ferocious storm also killed hundreds of workers, many of them World War I veterans, who were in the Keys to workÃÂ ...
The Red Hook Star-Revue
December 12, 2016
Red Hook's Recreation Center and enormous outdoor pool, open during the summer through Labor Day, is named after Sol Goldman, who was a real estate mogul in New York City.
NBC2 News
December 6, 2016
(Virginia Tow via AP). In this Aug. 14, 2016 photo provided by Virginia Tow, players of the Boston Knight A volleyball team, front, go up for a spike against the Boston Hurricanes Black team during the August Moon Festival at Reggie Wong Park in the Ch..
Naples Herald
December 6, 2016
In this Aug. 14, 2016 photo provided by Virginia Tow, players of the Boston Knight A volleyball team, front, go up for a spike against the Boston Hurricanes Black team during the August Moon Festival at Reggie Wong Park in the Chinatown neighborhood in ...
WBNG-TV
December 6, 2016
14, 2016 photo provided by Virginia Tow, players of the Boston Knight A volleyball team, front, go up for a spike against the Boston Hurricanes Black team during the August Moon Festival at Reggie Wong Park in the Ch... (AP Photo/Elise Amendola). In ...
KeysNews.com (registration)
October 18, 2016
ISLAMORADA - Fifty years ago, Monroe County designated an old Red Cross-built hurricane home on Upper Matecumbe Key as its new library branch.
AOL News
October 14, 2016
During Wednesday night, Nicole became a major hurricane and attained Category 4 status. This became the first time that two Category 4 hurricanes occurred in the Atlantic basin during October. Matthew was a Category 4 hurricane but also reachedÃÂ ...
Fiji Sun Online
October 11, 2016
Winston's strength sparked comparisons with 2013's Typhoon Haiyan which claimed over 6000 lives in the Philippines or the Labour Day hurricane which hit the US Florida Keys in 1935 killing 400 people. Early warnings distributed through national andÃÂ ...
KeysNews.com (registration)
October 18, 2016
ISLAMORADA - Fifty years ago, Monroe County designated an old Red Cross-built hurricane home on Upper Matecumbe Key as its new library branch.
AOL News
October 14, 2016
During Wednesday night, Nicole became a major hurricane and attained Category 4 status. This became the first time that two Category 4 hurricanes occurred in the Atlantic basin during October. Matthew was a Category 4 hurricane but also reachedÃÂ ...
