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COLUMBUS DAY STORM
AKA: THE BIG BLOW
Storm type: Extra-tropical cyclone
An extra-tropical cyclone is a storm system that primarily gets its energy from the horizontal temperature contrasts that exist in the atmosphere. Extra-tropical cyclones are low pressure systems with associated cold fronts, warm fronts, and occluded fronts.
FORMED AS: TYPHOON FREDA ON OCTOBER 3, 1962
ENDED ON: OCTOBER 17, 1962
WORST DAY: COLUMBUS DAY OCTOBER 12, 1962
Tropical storm Freda formed in the central pacific ocean. As it moved into colder water it became an extra-tropical cyclone.
WIND SPEED
CITY/STATE SUSTAINED GUSTS IN MPH
CAPE BLANCO, OR
N/A 179
MT. HEBO AFS, OR
N/A 130
SALEM, OR N/A 90
PORTLAND, OR 90 116
NASELLE, WA 90 160
OLYMPIA, WA N/A 88
McCHORD AFB, WA
N/A 100
RENTON, WA 64 98
SEATTLE, WA N/A 65
SPOKANE, WA N/A 58
RAINFALLCITY/STATE RAINFALL IN
INCHESDATE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
4.52 10-13-1962
OAKLAND, CA 4.52 10-13-1962
SACRAMENTO, CA 3.77 10-13-1962
THE BAY AREA 7+ 10-13-1962
DAMAGE
15 BILLION BOARD FEET$280 MILLION $200 MILLION IN OREGON ALONEMETROPOLITON LIFE INSSURANCE COMPANY NAMED THE COLUMBUS DAY STORM THE NATIONS WORST NATURAL DISASTER OF 1962
Cost of damage by cityLongview, Wa. $123,764
Vancouver, Wa. $100,000Salem, Or. $220,000Eugene, Or. $50,000
Insurance claimsOregon 70,000
amount pd. 20,000,000Washington 28,216 paid on 24,676 for a total of 4,230,200
Paid by metlife
Path of destruction125 miles wide1000 miles long75,000 square
miles of total destruction
First made landfall in Northern California. Then moved northeast about 50 miles inland and then veered straight north towards Oregon state.
AFTERMATH
46 FATALITIESHUNDREDS INJUREDTHOUSANDS WITH OUR POWER
MAJOR EVENTS
BASEBALL WORLD SERIES DELAYED
DUCKS/HUSKIES FOOTBALL WENT ON AS SCHEDULED