The Great Miami Hurricane at 100: The Storm, the Warnings and “Work or Jail”

Podcast: Meteorology Matters · Rob Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-09-18

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! One hundred years ago, on September 18, 1926, the Great Miami Hurricane struck a booming, vulnerable South Florida and permanently changed the region’s history. Meteorology Matters reconstructs the storm, the uncertain forecasts and the public confusion surrounding its arrival—including the tropical system that had brought flooding only days earlier and the newspaper headlines that finally warned South Florida a hurricane might be approaching. But this anniversary is about more than wind, water and destruction. The...