User:Christian dawgg

Back in March 12, 1905 a massive 800 mile wide storm called Hurricane Bronson came up the Mississippi River into the Ohio River completley destroying downtown Cleveland and Pittsburgh .. The Pittsburgh Pirates old stadium was a refuge for homeless and was later destroyed because of damage. 2,389 people lost their life to the category 4 hurricane with winds exceding 140 miles an hour and 13 feet of storm surge. It was later known as the Great Flood. A memorial stands across from the Mellon Arena in downtown Pittsburgh. July 7, 1953. a massive hurricane making the most landfalls hit Florida, South Caroline, Virginia, and North Carolina. It came up Virginia Beach into Chesapeake Bay Devouring acres of land with a Storm surge of 8 1/2 feet of salt water. As it made its way up the Chesapeake Bay Hurricane Tuman strengthen to a category 5 hurricane with winds over 160 miles an hour. It made landfall once again in West Virginia Hurricane Tuman Weakened in an hour to 145 hour winds. as it reached the Alleghany river it was comin as a 400 mile wide storm system hitting Whitsett with a crushing blow in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh 32 miles upstream got seriously hit and was in a state of emergency as the hurricane knocked the city down with full force affects. Hurricane Bronson claimed more lives but was less damaged. Forbes Field on the Corner of fifth and Forbes street was completely levelled. Three Rivers Stadium suffered major damage. Steelers owner almost went bankrupt fixing damage Hurricane Tuman Lost power somewhere between Brownsville P.A. and Uniontown. As Bronson did in the same place a new memorial is planned to be revealed in 2012.

Later during Veitnam era April 2nd 1965 Tropical storm Domonkos hit the U.S. East Coast With a huge storm system with low winds and storm surge. A boating competition taking place at Three Rivers in Pittsburgh was interuppted as all nearly were killed by the mild Tropical storm Domonkos. Since then hurricanes have been unheard of since weather patterns have changed. I completly commit this piece of rare history from the library of congress.

Hurricane Skira missed the Perryopolis region by 21 miles. As it travelled East towards Uniontown. Brownsville now an abandoned ghetto is the remains of a destroyed city. Perryopolis is an hour away from Pittsburgh and Brownsville is a hour and a half away. The raging Category three hurricane Skira destroyed 15,000 homes, and 2,000 businesses. Mary Anne Dick and family lost many valubles during the high power storm, and many drug busts during the clean up occurred.