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30. The Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 04:11 AM

Jul 2

This hurricane went through West Palm Beach before killing 2,500 people forty miles inland. The concentration camp is about 55 miles south of Lake Okeechobee and 50 miles inland. Please watch the 90 second video.

In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee. This inland flood obliterated 21 miles of the 47-mile earthen and an estimated 2,500 people died in Southern Florida, most of them migrant farm workers.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/swamp-okeechobee-hurricane-1928/

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So these are tents, in a swamp, during Hurricane season. [View all] Swede Jul 1 OP

It is a death camp. Irish_Dem Jul 1 #1

Exactly. spanone Jul 1 #15

Alligator Auschwitz. GaYellowDawg Jul 1 #16

The mosquitoes also carry Nile virus, Zika virus, encephalitis, etc. jmbar2 Jul 1 #2

Cheaper and easier to kill all the prisoners. Irish_Dem Jul 1 #3

Not to mention the poisonous snakes. nolabear Jul 1 #4

To be fair Greg_In_SF Jul 1 #14

Did you have 40 or 60 other people in the same camper with you? Baitball Blogger Jul 1 #20

Probably with no hurricane coming straight in at your position. Justice matters. Jul 1 #24

I was down Greg_In_SF Jul 2 #27

Mosquitoes don't bite everybody, but lucky you. :) Justice matters. Jul 2 #28

The great difference being that you could go home after your drive. The people in the famp can't. Ping Tung Jul 2 #33

No guards or other staff will be there when the hurricane comes through chicoescuela Jul 1 #5

It'll probably be operated with Musk robots and control technologies rather than people who wouldn't want to be there. jmbar2 Jul 1 #6

Excellent observation. Thank you chicoescuela Jul 1 #7

Holy crap. You're probably right. writerJT Jul 1 #18

But they could also be rescued during and under cover of a hurricane. ancianita Jul 1 #26

can't wait for a hurricane to come ashore 500 miles away.... Takket Jul 1 #8

Looked like dirt floors too. Srkdqltr Jul 1 #9

They clutched their pearls over myth of pet eating, yet, are okey-dokey with humans getting devoured. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jul 1 #10

MAGA cruelty on steroids liberal N proud Jul 1 #11

Crimes bdamomma Jul 1 #12

We don't look away JustAnotherGen Jul 1 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Jul 1 #13

It's a plot to a B rated movie. Baitball Blogger Jul 1 #19

Nope. It's no f'n movie. It's reality just down the road from me. The felon's own home state Everglades Auschwitz. ancianita Jul 1 #22

Shameful and tragic. Hard to believe it's us, our country, doing these kinds of things. nt wiggs Jul 1 #21

Be clear. NOT "us" or "our country." It's the felon. None of this would be happening except for him. None of it. ancianita Jul 1 #23

'Except for him'....and except for the GOP, tens of millions of voters, multimillionaires/billionaires, corporations, wiggs Jul 2 #34

"Except for him" there would NOT be a cult GOP, nor the rest on your list. Don't equate consequences with cause. ancianita Jul 2 #35

That is a contagion incubator. LudwigPastorius Jul 1 #25

Death camp Hekate Jul 2 #29

The Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928 taxi Jul 2 #30

I grew up in south Florida before the coming of AC. It was hot, muggy and buggy. flashman13 Jul 2 #31

The camps are crimes against humanity and should be treated as such. And the perpetrators, builders, guards, Ping Tung Jul 2 #32

'People are going to die': Rain floods 'hurricane proof' Alligator Alcatraz LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2 #36

Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" Is Already Flooding LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2 #37