Nature's Fury: A History of Hurricanes in Southwest Florida | Untold Stories | Florida History 

As a child, I lived in Clewiston from 1959 to 1967. My Dad's good fishing buddy told the stories of the storms of 1926 and 1928. He said he lost several members of his extended family. His Dad was never seen again. Then again in 1928, he said he was out and stayed in a pump house for hours waiting for that storm to pass.

Dad told us stories about the 1926 Hurricane, Dad was 6 years old. My Grandmother told me stories about the hurricane that took out Flaglers Rail Road was distorted. Andrew, and Irma.

I love this place beautiful it's my home state.

Who's here during Ian? 🤔

I always wondered why mom made me wear a tie to go swimming...

Galveston was the saddest storm i have everhead of i lived through Andrew and +

What is the date of this video and the timespan of the series? Almost all of these videos appear to be much older than 2019 and on VHS. I really like the series.

HURRICANE : the Arawak onomatopoeitic word that the first Spanish explorers heard from the Caribean Amerindians describing these tropical storms unknown to the Europeans who, certainely, had to deal with other storms around the Mediterrenean but not of this category. This Ian, particularly, reminds of one similar, force of winds ( 160 miles an hour ), torrential rains, floods which ocurred on Wednesday, October 18th, 1944 over the western provinces of Cuba, I was living in my hometwon; Havana, Cuba. I was eleven years old and I will never forget it. The sounds of the wind produced the impression that Mother Nature was enraged and infuriated. My grandmother crying and terrified blamed us, human beings, for our own sins and heartlessness and we were being punished for it. WW2 was going on in Europe and the Pacific. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS AND CATASTROPHIC !

Can't prevent damage from hurricanes. Maybe back in the 1920's the entire "leg" part of Florida should have been declared a national park with no cities allowed to be built there. Even today, the barrier islands should be declared off-limits for habitation, except for maybe some cabins to camp, etc. Doesn't make sense to keep building there.

Miami and refer to a before and after Andrew because it was like an AD moment in our history so many changes came out of that event in Miami 🌀

Looking to buy a home in SWFL. I would love to live in Punta Gorda, or Naples or Marco Island, but the risk of storms and cost of home insurance would be prohibitive. I will look for a home inland, in the sticks.

We knew Floriden ride it out, Wilma was a b!!!!lost my roof.

Send this video to Don Lemon at CNN!

You didn't mention hurricane Andrew

Most shark attacks occur about 10 feet from the beach since that's where the people are.

? Ever hear of Andrew?

Andrew was bad!