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5. Here's what happened in 1928

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:19 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 what will happen if Alligator Alcatraz gets a direct hit [View all] Norbert Jul 2 OP

Trump devised a clever and cheap way to kill people, let Mother Nature do it. Irish_Dem Jul 2 #1

I woke up wondering the same thing. rzemanfl Jul 2 #2

"They'll get over it. They're all gonna die. Anyway. Smirk." - KGOP, inc. BoRaGard Jul 2 #3

It will be said that they died of "natural causes". no_hypocrisy Jul 2 #4

Here's what happened in 1928 taxi Jul 2 #5

It doesn't even have to be a hurricane... maptap22 Jul 2 #6

And the rest of the structures are tents, right? TommyT139 Jul 2 #10

The Rumpers will grin at the photo op Onthefly Jul 2 #7

The Repugs Have Abandoned Their Symbolic Elephant For An Alligator...... global1 Jul 2 #8

"They got what was coming to them" jmowreader Jul 2 #9

Well just imagine the staff receive the warning a few days before the malaise Jul 2 #11

Nope!!!...nt mitch96 Jul 2 #14

And since the cuts to NOAA, they won't be prepared Walleye Jul 2 #12

I haven't read anywhere how strong this tent structure is against hurricane winds. FloridaBlues Jul 2 #13

"hundreds of detainees die" ..that's a potential feature, not an oversight. LeftinOH Jul 2 #15

This concentration camp is already flooding LetMyPeopleVote Jul 4 #16

They just won't say anything. NutmegYankee Jul 4 #17