1928 - Hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left 600 dead in Guadeloupe, and 300 dead in Puerto Rico, struck West Palm Beach FL causing enormous damage, and then headed for Lake Okeechobee. When the storm was over, the lake covered an area the size of the state of Delaware, and beneath its waters were 2000 victims. The only survivors were those who reached large hotels for safety, and a group of fifty people who got onto a raft to take their chances out in the middle of the lake.
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Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 69. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 90. East wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. West wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91. East wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
Bayou LaBatre Bridge
(0.2 miles away)
Bayou La Batre, Mississippi Sound
(2.7 miles away)
West Fowl River, Hwy 188 bridge
(5.7 miles away)
Tue's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Tue's Low Temperature
21 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID and Peter Sinks, UT
Bayou La Batre ( or locally ) is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,204, down from 2,558 at the 2010 census.
Bayou La Batre is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. The local chamber of commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats.
Bayou La Batre was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage (or Bosarge) [1733-1795] was awarded a 1,259-acre (509 ha) Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou. The modern city of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955.
On August 29, 2005, the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, which produced the largest storm surge ever recorded in the area, reaching nearly 16 ft (5 m) and pushing many shrimp boats and the cargo ship M/V Caribbean Clipper onto shore.
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