The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane: The Veterans, the Rescue Train & the Strongest Storm

Podcast: Meteorology Matters · Rob Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-09-07

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! On Labor Day 1935, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the United States exploded into a Category 5 storm and slammed into the Florida Keys with estimated sustained winds of 185 mph and a central pressure of 892 mb, the lowest pressure assigned to a U.S. hurricane landfall. But this disaster is about much more than the storm itself. Hundreds of World War I veterans were living in federal work camps along the Keys, and an...