SYMPOSIUM NOTICE
The Greater Miami Chapter of the AMS presents
A Symposium to Commemorate the
Anniversaries of
Hurricane Donna (1960) and the Labor Day
Hurricane (1935)
The Greater Miami Chapter of the AMS presents
A Symposium to Commemorate the
Anniversaries of
Hurricane Donna (1960) and the Labor Day
Hurricane (1935)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 11 AM.
Refreshments 10:45 AM
AOML Seminar Room
Virginia Key, FL
featuring
Rusty Pfost
Meteorologist in Charge
NWSFO
Miami,FL
"50th Anniversary of Hurricane Donna"
The development of, path of, preparation for, impact by and reaction to Hurricane Donna, a category 4 Cape Verde hurricane that moved through the Caribbean, Florida, and the eastern seaboard of the United States, will be reviewed and remembered.
Neal Dorst
Meteorologist
AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami,FL
"Storm Patrol and the Lost Hurricane"
A historical curio is examined, the timeline of efforts to institute marine and arial storm patrols in the 1930s and how they were effected by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 and its political outfall.
