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 WEATHER &
CLIMATE
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WEATHER &
CLIMATE INFO --
Info about Jacksonville's
climate &
weather
can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity
1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925). Go to pages
496-498. The entire book is online at the website for the Florida
Heritage Collection. STEP #1 --
When you get to the website, use a keyword search for the following
words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This will retrieve the book.
STEP #2 -- Click on the link
"Electronic resource (JPEG)." This will retrieve the screen that
allows you to choose a page number. STEP #3
-- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a page
number. This will open the book at that page.
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ENVIRONMENTAL,
AGRICULTURAL, & NATURAL HISTORY -- List of library,
archive & map collections with historical material on the
environmental, agricultural & natural history of Florida.
According to the website, "This material includes books, maps, aerial
photographs and images, ... materials of interest to the study of the
Florida environment, ecology, agriculture, natural resources, plants,
animals and other biotic characteristics." List provided by the
Florida Biotic Information Consortium.
- TORNADO HISTORY
OF FLORIDA -- Tornado history of Florida, 1950-1995. Links to
other web pages are also provided. Info provided by "The Tornado
Project." INTERESTING FACT: According to this web site, the
most deadly tornado in Duval County during this time period occurred in
1973. Four residents lost their lives.
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COLD WEATHER
-- Memories of cold temperatures in Jacksonville. From the website
"The Northsider."
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1960
-- HURRICANE DONNA -- Florida Times-Union
article entitled, "Remember Donna? Forgotten after Dora," by Bill Foley.
Tells about the threat of Hurricane Donna in 1960.
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1964
-- HURRICANE DORA -- Florida Times-Union article called
"Millennium Moment: Sept. 9, 1964," by Bill Foley.
Tells about the impact of Hurricane Dora on North Florida in
1964.
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