Hurricane Frederic
Hurricane Frederic struck Mobile on the night of September 12-13, 1979. It left $2.3 billion dollars worth of damage in its wake. It was the worst storm to strike the city since the hurricane of 1916. This image shows the power of the storm as something -- probabaly a piece of roofing material -- wa...
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Mobile Geography and Environment; History; Mobile; hurricane damage; Pontiacs; cars; automobiles; disasters Alabama; Mobile; Alabama -- Environmental conditions; |
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Hurricane Frederic struck Mobile on the night of September 12-13, 1979. It left $2.3 billion dollars worth of damage in its wake. It was the worst storm to strike the city since the hurricane of 1916. This image shows the power of the storm as something -- probabaly a piece of roofing material -- was driven into the windshield of an automobile. |
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Hurricane FredericGeography and Environment; History;Mobile; hurricane damage; Pontiacs; cars; automobiles; disastersHurricane Frederic struck Mobile on the night of September 12-13, 1979. It left $2.3 billion dollars worth of damage in its wake. It was the worst storm to strike the city since the hurricane of 1916. This image shows the power of the storm as something -- probabaly a piece of roofing material -- was driven into the windshield of an automobile.unknownThe Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama1979ImagejpegJack Edwards Paperseng.Mobile, AlabamaU.S. and international copyright laws may apply to this digital image. Use of this image without the prior permission of The McCall Library is prohibited. Please contact The McCall Library for permission to use this image.Alabama; Mobile;Alabama -- Environmental conditions;http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/87 |
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Hurricane Frederic |
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