Labour Day Hurricane Research Paper

The 1930’s although beaten and bruised by World War I and the great depression America was knocked down but not out of the fight. President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the “New Deal” and although not very effective in pulling the economy from the toilet made some significant pushes to help out the middle class. But we all know when you are knocked down life doesn’t just stop. The 1935 hurricane season was just that. There were not many hurricanes but where they lacked in quantity they made up for in quality. There were eight storms and five hurricanes. Out of the five hurricane three of them were major hurricanes, being a category three or greater. One out of the three major hurricanes left an impact on America that left mark for years to come, The Labor Day hurricane.

The Labor Day hurricane was the third storm of the 1935 season and the second hurricane. The hurricane’s duration was

At the time of the hurricane the United States still had relations with Cuba. When the hurricane was north east of Cuba the weather bureau considered it a tropical storm and believed it had moved toward Cuba. Messages were relayed and Cuban officials we concerned about the direction of the storm. A pilot by the name of Leonard Povey, An American pilot sent to Cuba to train their air force, took it upon himself to find out the location and direction of the disturbance. Colonel Povey got into his Curtiss Hawk open cockpit biplane and took off toward the direction of the hurricane. The hurricane was a very compact tropical cyclone and Povey was able to direct himself, using his altimeter to navigate around the hurricane. This could be considered the first non-penetrating hurricane resonances flight. Povey noticed the drop in Atmospheric pressure as his altimeter kept decreasing as he moved closer to the