The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1954, Page 10

ORIGINAL ILLEGIBLE Hurricane Safety May Be Found In Key West, Weather Expert Says Keys’ Residents Must Flee To Band To Appear High Ground For Storm Safet 4 a 4 At Coral Shores ” . . hi In-the event of a hurricane, residents of the keys bri Ker Want ties bend] near “esta in Key West, Miami or the higher sround| i nite sees i |School this evening and at the This is the opinion of Grady Norton, chief of the | ertormance they gave qos United States hurricane warning service in Miami. | a¢ Tampa's Gasparilla Festival. Norton, in an interview in the Miami Daily News,| The band, including the major- said it-wouldn’t make “a bit of difference in this world” jettes, flag twiriers and letter girls, * A . hi to i t the Coral a fill with a bridge between Key Vaca and jis expected to arrive — vf | ‘The Monroe county commission-|4 foot or two will have no prac-) ers recently appropriated $100,000 pay effect in decreasing the dan) to match a like sum in state road/®**- ‘ funds to.tear out fill and replace| “This bridge, this 450-foot gap it with a 450-foot concrete bridge.| where there has been a fill,” he Some persons contend that fill in-| added, “won't help the Marathon creases the danger of flood waters| situation enough to do any good. when a hurricane strikes, saying a| You have to realize that the big bridge. would let the water pass| build-up of the storm wave oc- through. Norton added: “Anybody is off base that says | a channel would obviate such | storm tides,” | The only thing to do, Norton | Norton went on to explain what curs when the water piled up be- fore the wind meets the Florida reef off-shore of the keys, The shallow inshore channels make very little difference.” says, when hurricane warnings |causes the storm tides: When you're far away from friends or loved ones, there’s reposted is for persons on low | «The storm tide, the storm wave, lying keys to take shelter on is caused by the fact that a tre-) high ground — Miami, Key West |mendous mass of ocean water is or.the higher part of Key Largo. |driven before the winds as they} wie e ne os gc expe approach land. Connecting Key Vaca and) «wrhis storm tide may come in Marathon will be a waste of MON- | gradually,” he continued, “or it ey $o far as it is planned to pro- may come in as a wall of water, beg key against high PRSTICAS OG, top of this swelling of the ocean, Teen: A CG “Ewould want to repeat,” heloers (ele seer legpavly plerntipre z gl added; “‘as this bridge goes in, as! ino. (hana I have been saying for years, we tn bps Pysrieeng Expert Revealed can Have a disaster again on the|'*® © é keys’ in # hurricane, Getting back to high ground) BALTIMORE W—The father of “Inhabitants simply must eva-/being tbaseateet pace me, ai bear a 14-year-old boy complained to cuate to higher ground. aces aod Police yesterday about: bullet holes “The Conchs generally settied | | “My observation Ie that Mara: Ine found. in his kitchen door. on the Highest ground along the | thon is fairly low. 1 would Police investigatéd and found keys, $6-the old settlements are | want my family or myself on jinat his son had been staging gun f safer than the new.” | ground lower than 12 feet any: |nattles with a 15-year-old friend. Norton explained why he thinks! where in the Florida keys in a/They used homemade “zip” guns, cutting ¢hannels where there now| hurricane. fashioned from a toy gun, and dum- is fil would have no effect in re-| “At some places,” he added, “‘in|dum bullets — .22 - caliber bullets ducing high water caused by hurri-'some hurricanes, the water willl with the rounded ends sawed off. canes, jcome higher than 12 feet above! ‘The younger boy was rated an “The storm tide piles up against sea level. Some of the new develop-| expert zip-gun maker, with a stand- @ concave shoreline to a greater|ments down on the keys are noling offer to convert 79-cent toy extent than it does against a|more than two or three feet above| guns for $1 apiece. nothing like a Long Distance call to bring you near, The Office Building, on sound of warm, familiar voices melts the miles between— lays between 11:30 Mon- and leaves an extra measure of pleasure at each end of the and 2:30 p. m. Tues- "ee a Tine. to answer any questions, ‘ S Long Distance is quick, friendly and courteous. And the cost is surprisingly low, especially after 6 every evening and all day Sunday. Isn't there someone miles away who would like to hear your voice today? Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company office of Local “‘IT MEANS SO MUCH TO KEEP IN TOUCH’’ straight shoreline, Channels might|high fide, and even a minor hurri- lower the water a foot or two. But|cane. will flood them.” Page10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN in mote then 1,700 Community ‘Tuesday, February 9, 1954|Chests. ‘To the woman who. says : she doesnt know much ‘about beer Why Mercurys New Ball-Joint gives you easier, safer control on curves New 1954 MERCURY LET US SHOW YOU ON THE ROAD HOW IT MAKES ANY DRIVING EASY Ball-joint front wheel suspension is the newest, most advanced method known to engineers of connecting the front wheels to the chassis. . 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