From Wikipedia - Alma 1966
Posted by alligatorob on 8/23/2012, 9:51 am
Hurricane Alma affected the entire state of Florida with strong winds and rainfall... Along the west coast of Pinellas County, the storm damaged the grapefruit crop.[1] High winds, including a gust of 93 mph (150 km/h), caused power outages in the Tampa Bay Area. A wind gust knocked a car off of a bridge between Tampa and St. Petersburg, although the occupants were able to escape safely.[12] As it paralleled the coastline, Alma produced a storm tide of 10 ft (3.0 m) in New Port Richey. The high tides caused significant flooding in Cedar Key.[1] In northern Florida where Alma moved ashore, wind gusts reached 100 mph (160 km/h) in Crawfordville; the high winds damaged the local tobacco crop.[1] There were six deaths, of which two were electrocutions, two were drownings, and two were from heart attacks related to the storm.[1] One of the deaths was a man who had a heart attack while preparing to evacuate.[11] Damage throughout Florida was estimated at around $10 million. This was less than other storms of similar intensity, due to the sparse population of the affected area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Alma_(1966)
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