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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The 1962 storm still ranks as one of the biggest, if not the biggest, to ever hit the Northwest. Columbus Day storm, 1962: the day ‘a meteorological bomb’ exploded in the Northwest Skip to ...
The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
1962 Oregon elections (1 C, 3 P) S. ... Columbus Day storm of 1962 This page was last edited on 12 October 2023, at 22:22 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Columbus Day Storm of October 1962 damaged the lookout, which was replaced by a new 14 by 14 feet (4.3 m × 4.3 m) structure that cost $3500 in 1965 (equivalent $33,800 today. [6]). The structure lasted until April 1980 when the remains of the station were dismantled after persistent neglect and vandalism. [5]
In 1962, the Columbus Day Storm downed an estimated 140 million board feet (330,000 m 3) of timber and created many log jams on the rivers. Two years later, in 1964, the Christmas week flood hit the Willamette hard.
The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 brought devastating winds to nearly all of Oregon; nearby Port Orford recorded gusts exceeding 190 miles per hour (310 km/h). [11] The storm killed 38 people across the state and caused over $200 million worth of damage. [12] The watershed often experiences wildfires, some of them major.
Three giant Air Force radomes, about 140 feet (43 m) in diameter and 100 feet (30 m) high, were destroyed by the elements: the first was constructed in 1962 and was destroyed by high winds during the Columbus Day Storm on 12 Oct 1962 while yet incomplete; the second was built in 1963 and was destroyed by lightning and high winds in Jan 1964 ...