Hurricane Donna -Vintage News Report

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Hurricane Donna -Vintage News Report

#1 Postby skywarn » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:55 pm

Below is a video link to a vintage news report on Hurricane Donna back in 1960 (Nearly 47 years ago). It's about 30 minutes long. It's a little something to watch during this quiet time we have right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7wpMcgsCM


Track: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif
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#2 Postby jdray » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:11 am

That would be a horrible track for today's population.

South of Miami (stronger winds to the north)
SW Florida (again after Charley)
Orlando and then Daytona and Jax getting some action as well.....




here's a nice analysis.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_page ... /wind.html
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#3 Postby Hybridstorm_November2001 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:08 pm

Great finds Skywarn and Jdray. Keep up the good work!
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#4 Postby vmax135 » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:11 pm

Hi Skywarn/All - I'm the one who posted the "Donna" news clip on YouTube... glad everyone liked it! I'm going to try and post some more vintage news clips when I get a chance... like Skywarn said, it's entertaining to watch during the slow times! :D

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#5 Postby Derek Ortt » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:17 pm

very different how the news was covered then

Did not seem like there was continous live coverage in stark contrast to when Wilma decided to pay a local visit when there was more than a week of continuous coverage
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#6 Postby Ptarmigan » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:19 pm

jdray wrote:That would be a horrible track for today's population.

South of Miami (stronger winds to the north)
SW Florida (again after Charley)
Orlando and then Daytona and Jax getting some action as well.....




here's a nice analysis.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_page ... /wind.html


If Hurricane Donna was to hit today, think about the loss of life and destruction it would bring to Florida.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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#7 Postby Recurve » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:28 pm

[edited to remove error about landfall point]

I know the surge damage was really significant in Marathon and Duck Key area. The Marathon newspaper put out a book after the storm.
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