Continuing with our look at hurricane history from this date…prime time of hurricane season…
On September 10th...
…1928…the disturbance that would go on to become the deadly San Felipe Hurricane was first detected from a ship report near 48 west longitude. It would eventually become a powerful hurricane and devastate the island of Guadeloupe. It struck Puerto Rico on the 13th, which was the feast of San Felipe. Correspondingly, the storm was named the San Felipe Hurricane. On the 16th, it struck Palm Beach, Florida. Over 1,000 people would die in the Caribbean and 1,836 died in the Everglades.
…1944…the East Coast of the United States was under attack. But not by the nations of the Axis. By a hurricane. Weather Bureau hurricane forecaster Grady Norton (an Alabama native thank you) was concerned. There was a big hurricane north of Puerto Rico, but ships had gotten out of the way and no reports were available to Norton. Norton requested that the military fly flights into the storm to determine its severity. The Navy and Air Force flights between the 10th and 15th were instrumental in keeping the U.S. death tol to just 27 from the destructive hurricane. The hurricane eventually struck eastern Long Island.
…1960…Hurricane Donna was making first of her four United States landfalls. Donna brought a 13 foot storm surge to the Florida Keys near Marathon.
…1961…Hurricane Carla was a monster threatening Texas with top winds of 150 mph. 46 people died in the storm in Texas.
…1964…Hurricane Dora forced the postponement of the Beatles concert in Jacksonville, Florida.
…1989…Hurricane Hugo was born off the coast of Africa.
On September 10th...
…1928…the disturbance that would go on to become the deadly San Felipe Hurricane was first detected from a ship report near 48 west longitude. It would eventually become a powerful hurricane and devastate the island of Guadeloupe. It struck Puerto Rico on the 13th, which was the feast of San Felipe. Correspondingly, the storm was named the San Felipe Hurricane. On the 16th, it struck Palm Beach, Florida. Over 1,000 people would die in the Caribbean and 1,836 died in the Everglades.
…1944…the East Coast of the United States was under attack. But not by the nations of the Axis. By a hurricane. Weather Bureau hurricane forecaster Grady Norton (an Alabama native thank you) was concerned. There was a big hurricane north of Puerto Rico, but ships had gotten out of the way and no reports were available to Norton. Norton requested that the military fly flights into the storm to determine its severity. The Navy and Air Force flights between the 10th and 15th were instrumental in keeping the U.S. death tol to just 27 from the destructive hurricane. The hurricane eventually struck eastern Long Island.
…1960…Hurricane Donna was making first of her four United States landfalls. Donna brought a 13 foot storm surge to the Florida Keys near Marathon.
…1961…Hurricane Carla was a monster threatening Texas with top winds of 150 mph. 46 people died in the storm in Texas.
…1964…Hurricane Dora forced the postponement of the Beatles concert in Jacksonville, Florida.
…1989…Hurricane Hugo was born off the coast of Africa.