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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 ... In the city of Seattle, ... and Washington combined. Those figures in 1962 US dollars translate to $1.8 to $2.2 billion in 2014 US ...
The Columbus Day Storm was a monster the size of a coastline. Today, meteorologists call it the most severe nontropical storm in the history of the lower 48 states. It blew down 15 billion board ...
1962: Columbus Day Storm began life as tropical storm Typhoon Frieda/Freda. 1979: February 13 windstorm leads to the catastrophic failure of the Hood Canal Bridge. 1981: Friday the 13th Windstorms, November 13–15 [6] 1990: November 22–24, Mercer Island bridge sinking Washington state [7] 1993: Inauguration Day windstorm, January 20.
1961 - December 8: The Space Needle opens in Seattle. 1962 Seattle hosts the Century 21 Exposition. October 12: The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 (which was a remnant of Typhoon Freda) strikes the Pacific Northwest, producing wind gusts up to 100 mph (160 km/h) in the Tacoma area.
The extratropical remains of Freda would continue east through the Pacific Ocean, making landfall in the Pacific Northwest of Canada & the United States on October 12, 1962. This same storm was named the Columbus Day Storm [2] in the United States, where it caused $235 million in damage and the deaths of 46 people. In the early hours of October ...
The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph (270 km/h); 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet (26 million m 3) of timber is blown down, with $230 million U.S. in damages. Jazz bassist/composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City. It will gain a reputation ...
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Columbus Day storm of 1962; N. North Sea flood of 1962; W. Winter of 1962–1963 in the United Kingdom This page was last edited on 4 July 2023, at 23:01 (UTC). ...