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| brevard county hurricane history: Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes, 2012-08-15 The Sunshine State has an exceptionally stormy past. Vulnerable to storms that arise in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, Florida has been hit by far more hurricanes than any other state. In many ways, hurricanes have helped shape Florida's history. Early efforts by the French, Spanish, and English to claim the territory as their own were often thwarted by hurricanes. More recently, storms have affected such massive projects as Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad and efforts to manage water in South Florida. In this book, Jay Barnes offers a fascinating and informative look at Florida's hurricane history. Drawing on meteorological research, news reports, first-person accounts, maps, and historical photographs, he traces all of the notable hurricanes that have affected the state over the last four-and-a-half centuries, from the great storms of the early colonial period to the devastating hurricanes of 2004 and 2005--Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma. In addition to providing a comprehensive chronology of more than one hundred individual storms, Florida's Hurricane History includes information on the basics of hurricane dynamics, formation, naming, and forecasting. It explores the origins of the U.S. Weather Bureau and government efforts to study and track hurricanes in Florida, home of the National Hurricane Center. But the book does more than examine how hurricanes have shaped Florida's past; it also looks toward the future, discussing the serious threat that hurricanes continue to pose to both lives and property in the state. Filled with more than 200 photographs and maps, the book also features a foreword by Steve Lyons, tropical weather expert for the Weather Channel. It will serve as both an essential reference on hurricanes in Florida and a remarkable source of the stories--of tragedy and destruction, rescue and survival--that foster our fascination with these powerful storms. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Living with the East Florida Shore Orrin H. Pilkey, 1984 More than one transplanted Floridian has paid $150,000 for a beautiful condominium with a sea view only to learn that, to keep the building from becoming part of the view, considerable additional money must be spent to build and repair seawalls or to pump up new beaches by dredging sand from offshore. Most of Florida's beachfront property lies on narrow strips of sand called barrier islands, which are low in elevation and subject to flooding during storms and hurricanes. Some of the construction is poor, adding to the problems facing homeowners, most whom came from other parts of the country with little awareness of the hazards of beaches. In Living with the East Florida Shore, Orrin H. Pilkey, Jr., of Duke University, along with his co-authors, has described the varied problems that confront the east shore of Florida today. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Coastal Processes Assessment for Brevard County, Florida, with Special Reference to Test Plaintiffs Nicholas C. Kraus, Mark R. Byrnes, Anne-Lise Lindquist, 1999 This report was prepared as an independent assessment of the coastal physical processes occurring along Brevard County, Florida. The study was conducted for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, in its involvement with the lawsuit Applegate et al. versus the United States of America. Long-term regional beach change is evaluated by analysis of survey data on shoreline position, bathymetry, and beach profiles taken through time. In addition, analysis is specifically made for the properties of two test plaintiffs selected by the Court. Estimates of beach and dune erosion, if any, are calculated for the two test plaintiffs from date of purchase of the properties. Erosion of the beaches and dunes, principally attributed to storms, was estimated at the properties of the two test plaintiffs by compiling storm data and calculating beach and dune change with a numerical model. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Central Florida Weather - Hurricanes and Great Freezes: A Historical Overview Stewart Dunaway, 2019-04-18 This book provides general history on the tropical cyclones and great freezes that impacted - Central Florida. General history means a brief overview using primary (accurate) information to define (as best as can be found) each event - be that hurricane/tropical storm or freeze/snow storm. Orlando, Florida was my home town, and the general landscape was changed by a sequential set of killer freezes. From orange groves to subdivisions - these weather events certainly altered the State. When researching cold weather events, it was interesting to find a number of snow storms that impacted both Central Florida as well as the entire state. Information was found for cold-weather from 1765 and ends in 1991. As to tropical systems, the data was more difficult to find, but includes a few older storms from 1871 and ends in 1995. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Cocoa, Florida Bob Harvey, 2014-08-12 Cocoa is the gateway to America's Spaceport. But before it became the tourist haven it is today, it was a small village settled by fishermen and their families. The city's location on the Indian River Lagoon made it central to early steamboat passage and breathed life into fishing and commerce. After World War II, the space age brought science and engineering to nearby Cape Canaveral. The city also has a history of baseball nearly as long as the sport itself. It was home to the Cocoa Fliers of the 1940s and hosted the Houston Colt 45s during spring training for twenty years. Join author Bob Harvey as he recounts the sunny history of one of the Space Coast's oldest cities. |
| brevard county hurricane history: On this Day in Florida History Nick Wynne, 2018-09-10 Florida is steeped in a cultural blend of history unmatched by any other state. One day at a time, author and historian Nick Wynne offers a glimpse of this quirky and fascinating story, beginning with the 1539 arrival of Hernando de Soto. On February 22, 1959, the legendary five-hundred-mile race at Daytona first began. On March 22, 1982, the space shuttle Columbia launched from Cape Canaveral. Camp Blanding experienced a Nazi prisoner riot on December 22, 1943. Enjoy a notable nugget of history a day or a month at a time with this celebration of Sunshine State heritage. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Beyond the Sunshine Rick Baker, 2018-04-01 From the time the first humans reached the Florida peninsula more than 12,000 years ago through today's complex and diverse state, this timeline narrative sets Florida's fascinating history against the backdrop of world events. Learn how early native peoples, European exploration, wars, and transformative economic, social, cultural, and technological changes have shaped and continue to shape the Sunshine State. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Storm Data , 1971 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches David M. Bush, 2004 A call to live with the coast, as opposed to living at the coast; unless Florida coastal communities conserve beaches and mitigate storm impacts, the future of the beach-based economy is in question. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Florida Shore Protection Project Review Study, Brevard County , 1996 |
| brevard county hurricane history: A Pictorial History of Harbor City Volunteer Ambulance Squad Sharon C. Irvin, 2020-02-24 In April of 1966 a young girl was struck by a car and seriously injured while crossing US 1 in Eau Gallie. She lay in the road for 45 minutes before an ambulance from Central Brevard transported her to a nearby hospital. A few days after this incident, a group of seven concerned citizens gathered around a kitchen table at the home of Ed Franckewich. Thus Harbor City Volunteer Ambulance Squad (HCVAS) began and served South Brevard for thirty-three years until its dissolution on September 30, 1999. This is its pictoral history. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1993 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, 1992 |
| brevard county hurricane history: My Hurricane Andrew Story Bryan Norcross, 2017-05-11 As Category 5 Hurricane Andrew was bearing down, people huddled in their closets and under their mattresses were tuned to the man who talked South Florida through. This is the story of the storm that set the benchmark for damage - almost four times the previously most expensive U.S. disaster - and the TV coverage that kept people safe and sane through the hellacious night. Bryan Norcross was on the air with life-saving guidance for every minute of Andrew's onslaught. Cities in South Florida declared Bryan Norcross Days in his honor. This is the story behind the acclaimed TV coverage, and why Bryan was first to raise the alarm. Learn untold stories about the storm that rewrote our understanding of hurricanes. How will we deal with extreme storms in the future? Bryan considers the lessons we learned from Andrew, the lessons we should have learned, and what steps we need to immediately take. If you think you know the story of Hurricane Andrew, it is likely you do not. Relive the incredible event from Bryan's vantage point as the man who was connected to South Florida residents through the terror of the storm and the horror of what came after the Great Hurricane of 1992. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Managing Crises Arnold M. Howitt, Herman B. Leonard, 2009-02-11 From floods to fires, tornadoes to terrorist attacks, governments must respond to a variety of crises and meet reasonable standards of performance. With fifteen adapted Kennedy School cases, this title helps students experience a series of large-scale emergencies. / Verlagsinformation |
| brevard county hurricane history: Managing Water Under Uncertainty and Risk: United Nations World Water Development Report #4 (3 Vols.) UNESCO, 2012-01-01 Released every three years since March 2003, the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), a flagship UN-Water report published by UNESCO, has become the voice of the United Nations system in terms of the state, use and management of the world's freshwater resources. The report is primarily targeted at national decision-makers and water resource managers, but is also aimed at educating and informing a broader audience, from governments to the private sector and civil society. It underlines the important roles water plays in all social, economic and environmental decisions, highlighting policy implications across various sectors, from local and municipal to regional and international levels. Similarly to the first two editions, this report includes a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of several key challenge areas, such as water for food, energy and human health, and governance challenges such as institutional reform, knowledge and capacity-building, and financing, each produced by individual UN agencies. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Finding Florida T. D. Allman, 2013-03-05 Offers a comprehensive look at the history of the state of Florida, from its discovery, exploration, and settlement through its becoming a state, to notable events in the early twenty-first century. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Legislative History, Ninetieth Congress: First Session, Convened January 10, 1967, Adjourned December 15, 1967 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works, 1968 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions VI C. A. Brebbia, 2006 This volume deals with problems related to monitoring, analysis and modelling of coastal regions, including sea, land and air phenomena. Bringing together papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions, the book focuses on ecological and environmental problems and the issues of water quality. The book will be essential to researchers, engineers and professionals involved in the field of Coastal Environmental quality and the related challenges to monitoring and controlling Oil Spills. Topics of interest include: Remote Sensing; Ecology and the Coastal Environment; Water Quality Issues; Wetlands; Sediment Problems; Coastal Restoration; Atmospheric Aspects; Sea States Forecasting; Modelling of Trajectory and Fate of Spills; Bioremediation; Detection, Prevention and Clean-up Measures; Erosion Problems; Management of Risk; Preservation of Pristine Coastal Areas; Estuarial Problems; Floods; Climate Change and the Coastal Environment. |
| brevard county hurricane history: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1990 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Preliminary Climatic Data Report Hurricane Agnes, June 14-23, 1972 Richard M. DeAngelis, William T. Hodge, 1972 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Legislative History, Ninetieth Congress ... October 1968 United States. Congress. House. Public Works, 1968 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Genealogist's Address Book. 6th Edition Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 2009-02 This book is the answer to the perennial question, What's out there in the world of genealogy? What organizations, institutions, special resources, and websites can help me? Where do I write or phone or send e-mail? Once again, Elizabeth Bentley's Address Book answers these questions and more. Now in its 6th edition, The Genealogist's Address Book gives you access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers, and special interest groups. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2023 Kevin Burgess, 2024-03-19 The ICE Coasts, Maritime Structures and Breakwaters conference series is the leading international forum for the presentation of the latest developments in coastal and maritime engineering. This book is provided as 2 individual volumes. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Explorer's Guide Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach & Florida's Space Coast: A Great Destination (Second Edition) (Explorer's Great Destinations) Dianne Marcum, 2011-02-07 Explore Brevard County with this updated edition of the definitive guidebook to the area. Visitors and residents alike will enjoy exploring Brevard County, a recreational paradise where the high-tech space program exists alongside amazing natural areas like the Indian River Lagoon estuary—the most diverse marine estuary in the U.S. Comprehensive listings make this your most informative and entertaining vacation-planning tool. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Florida Citrus 2004/05 Hurricanes John A. Attaway, 2006 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Proposed New East Central Florida Medical Center (ECFMC) Construction, Brevard County , 1992 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers Thomas P. Hall, 2023-09-30 On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian struck Fort Myers, Florida, ravaging Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel, Captiva, Matlacha and Pine Islands. Ian was just the latest in a series of storms that have influenced how the region has developed since the mid-1800s. In fact, it was an 1841 hurricane that followed roughly the same track as Ian that caused the Army to move its central supply depot to Fort Myers’ present-day location, a site presumably safe from impacts such as storm surge, hurricane force winds and inland flooding. That was not true then. It is not true now. Of all the towns and cities that dot the coast of the United States from the Rio Grande to Eastport, Maine, the City of Fort Myers has the sixth most homes and fourth most multi-family dwellings at risk for storm surge in the entire nation. With more than 400 miles of canals encompassing 520 square miles, neighboring Cape Coral is America’s most vulnerable city when it comes to flooding produced by tropical systems. The severity of these impacts and the associated loss of life and property damage are expected to increase in the future due to sea level rise, climate change and ongoing development of single family, multi-family and commercial properties in the shallow flood plains that drain the Caloosahatchee River and its tributaries. With Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers, local historian Tom Hall blends a meticulously researched analysis of where and why Fort Myers is uniquely subject to storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding with old-time stories of how the region’s early pioneers weathered storms as they built a town and an economy based on cattle exports to Cuba. For the historian at heart, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers transports readers to a time when rugged, enterprising men and women assayed to build a town in the footprint of an old Seminole and Civil War fort on the southern bank of the Caloosahatchee River. It chronicles the role played by iconic cattlemen like Jake Summerlin and Capt. Francis Asbury Hendry and the singular importance of the cattle industry in decades following the end of the Civil War. For residents and property owners, this book provides a street-specific road map that delineates each neighborhood’s risk for mild to catastrophic damage from storm surge, hurricane force winds and freshwater flooding. It considers how these impacts are likely to worsen in a wetter, hotter climate. And with input from WINK TV Chief Meteorologist Matt Devitt, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers provides useful tips and concrete recommendations for how to survive a storm … and when and why to evacuate in advance of one. Readers will glean a greater appreciation of the factors that led to the settlement of this part of Florida. But given the region’s unique risk for storm impacts in a changing climate, Historic Hurricanes of Fort Myers serves as the quintessential tropical cyclone survival guide. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Walton County, Florida United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 2014 |
| brevard county hurricane history: The Book Lover's Guide to Florida Kevin M. McCarthy, 1992 Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library.--Publisher. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Coastal Storm Damage Reduction, Surf City and North Topsail Beach , 2010 |
| brevard county hurricane history: The 2012 Feasibility Study for Canaveral Harbor, Brevard County, Florida United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 2013 |
| brevard county hurricane history: A History of Florida Caroline Mays Brevard, 1904 |
| brevard county hurricane history: The Thing about Florida Tyler Gillespie, 2021-04-13 A journey beyond fears and stereotypes The memes. “Because Florida” jokes. “Florida Man” stories. Tyler Gillespie was once embarrassed to call Florida home, concocting fantasies he’d been born somewhere else. In The Thing about Florida, Gillespie faces his Florida denial and takes readers on an exuberant search for the state behind the caricatures, cutting through the media storm with curiosity and humor. Gillespie’s journey leads him into unexpected places such as halfway houses, gator pits, rattlesnake rooms, and clothing-optional campgrounds, where he meets eclectic and unconventional Floridians. He interviews storm chasers, Civil War reenactors, cattle ranchers, drag queens, python hunters, and pet smugglers. His conversations delve into serious issues such as addiction, Florida’s racist past, and care options for the state’s LGBTQ senior citizens. With perspective and empathy derived from his background as a gay man raised Southern Baptist, Gillespie shows how important it is to understand the diversity and complexity of Florida today. “It’s dangerous to meet our fears with fear,” he says as he confronts his own as well as the state’s monsters—invasive species, hurricanes, environmental destruction. He reminds us that Florida’s people and problems are vital parts of the nation’s future. A fresh and engaging voice, Gillespie captivates with a snappy pace, sly wit, and crisp observations. As he weaves his childhood memories and personal experiences alongside the stories of the individuals he encounters, Gillespie reconciles with his home state. He finds Florida’s humanity, a beautiful mix of hopes, dreams, and second chances. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Congressional Record United States. Congress, |
| brevard county hurricane history: The Florida Historical Quarterly Florida Historical Society, 2001 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Victorian Florida Floyd Rinhart, Marion Rinhart, 1986 The muffled blast of a hunter's gun and the eerie night sounds of an Everglades swamp. The rustle of petticoats and the carefree clink of champagne glasses. The delicate aroma of orange blossoms wafting through the Florida air. Victorian Florida, It was a time and place of elegance and grace, ambition and exploration, gaiety and wealth. By train and by steamship, the inquisitive and the adventurous came to sample the exotic fruits of this last frontier. Among them was railroad and resort entrepreneur Henry M. Flagler, whose grand hotels the Ponce de Leon (St. Augustine), the Royal Poinciana (Palm Beach), and the Royal Palm (Miami) — were models of opulence and luxury and drew to their doors the cream of American society. The real stars of Victorian Florida, however, are not the tourists or the sportsmen or the developers. They are the eyes of the photographers and the natural beauty of the state itself. Scores of amateur and professional photographers, including such well-known and highly respected practitioners of the art as William H. Jackson, O, Pierre Havens, and Benjamin F. Upton, traveled to Florida to take advantage of its unique photo opportunities. The incongruity of the Victorian tradition imposed upon this lush, untamed wilderness created compelling and fascinating images which linger in the mind's eye. Floyd and Marion Rinhart recapture this elusive era in the southernmost state within this exquisite volume. Collected over the course of the Rinharts' thirty years of study and research into the history of photography, these photographs, most published here for the first time, tell the story of a lifestyle long passed and yet still cherished.--Dust jacket flaps. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Member Policy Initiatives and Requests for Highway and Transit in the ISTEA Reauthorization United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, 1997 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Tales of Old Brevard Georgiana Greene Kjerulff, 1972 |
| brevard county hurricane history: Florida Library Directory with Statistics for ... , 2005 Directory with statistics for Florida's public, academic, special, and institutional libraries and school media centers. Also provides historical and public library data, with access to Florida's searchable library database. |
| brevard county hurricane history: Selected Water Resources Abstracts , 1973 |
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