Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : The Battle to Draw Down Lake Okeechobee | Weather Underground

Recent High Noon in Lake Worth guest Dr. Jeff Masters talks about Lake Okeechobee, the failure risk associated with the Herbert Hoover dike (which now acts more like a dam) and historical references. One of those references happens to the 1928 that still stands as the second greatest loss of life for a natural disaster in the United States. Today happens to the be the anniversary of the 1928 storm. Click title for link.