1983 before south beach became “South Beach”. Moonrise at the Bay Shore Golf Course, Miami Beach, Florida – November 1983

In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, my thoughts returned to my years living with hurricanes.

I grew up in Miami/Miami Beach. I was born in California, but moved to the Beach when I was four. I left in 1972 to return to California. In 1983, i returned for a year to visit my family. It was a prolific year for my photography. Shooting film all year with a Speed Graphic 4×5 camera and my trusty Minolta SRT-101. This was one of the night time exposures I took with the Minolta.

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This Day in History (August 29)
2005    Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836
1993    Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46)
1993    Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28)
1991    John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney
1991    U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities
1986    Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
1975    Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
1968    Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago)
1967    Final TV episode of "Fugitive"
1966    Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1964    Walt Disney’s "Mary Poppins" released
1964    On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth’s career strikeout record (1,330)
1962    U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1960    Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
1958    George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)
1957    Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957    Strom Thurmond, Senator-D-South Carolina, ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights
1954    San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens
1949    U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1945    British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1945    General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan
1944    15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1916    Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve
1909    World’s 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins
1896    Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1862    Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station)
1862    U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation
1854    Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1831    Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
1793    Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed
1758    New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation

Today’s Birthdays
1973    Jermane Mayberry, guard and tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles
1961    Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle
1958    Michael Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Thriller, Bad
1954    Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1953    Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult
1945    Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist, Procol Harum
1943    Richard Halligan, Troy, New York, rock vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears
1941    Robin Leach, born in London, England, TV host, Life Styles of Rich and Famous
1940    James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt
1938    Elliott Gould, Queens, New York, actor, M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice
1927    Marion Williams, U.S. gospel singers, Stars of Faith
1925    Donald O’Connor, born in Chicago, Illinois, dancer/actor, Singing in the Rain
1924    Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer, What a Difference a Day Makes
1923    Richard Attenborough, England, actor and director, Gandhi, Young Winston
1920    Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist
1916    George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination
1915    Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, actress, Casablanca, Cactus Flower
1912    Barry Sullivan, New York City, actor, Duffy’s Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man
1876    Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor, auto self-starter
1809    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides

 
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