2. Hurricane Labor Day
Year: 1935
Maximum speed: 185 mph
Death toll: 408
Damage cost: $6 million
The Labor Day storm or the Florida Keys is still talked about for a reason. Hemingway asked later: “Who killed the vets?” (actually, he wrote an article. 259 World War 1 veterans were living in three Civilian Conservation Corps camps while working on the Overseas Highway. Due to bad organization, the evacuation train was late, thus causing the death of war heroes.