Hurricane Frances

Because Frances is heading to Palm Beach County, and is a slow-moving hurricane, there's a lot of talk about the 1928 Lake Okeechobee Hurricane. After thousands of people were killed by the flooding from the lake, a levee was built. Now people are wondering if that levee will hold.
The memorial to the victims of that storm is in front of the Belle Glade public library.

Frances was downgraded to a Cat 3 overnight. Hopefully, she'll become a disorganized lump and wear herself out before she gets here.
Also, the timeline has changed, and she's not expected to make landfall now until Saturday evening or Sunday morning.

UPDATE:
We're now looking at serious flooding. Lee County is distributing sandbags and sand. Why isn't Broward?

UPDATE II:

South Beach

She's a-comin' .

Cindy sends another TV link (Click 'Live streaming video'). This one goes to Mr. Hurricane himself, Bryan Norcross. Why is he Mr. Hurricane? Because he was the only meteorologist who said Hurricane Andrew was going to hit Miami. While even a blind pig finds the occasional acorn, that would have been one big damn acorn.

Also here's the TV link given yesterday for those with browser trouble (Click on the red 'Tracking the Storm' logo).

UPDATE III:
Liberal Larry sees Republican machinations in this hurricane business.

UPDATE IV:
''Frances the mule,'' said Jim Lushine, the National Weather Service's severe weather expert for South Florida. ``It's slow, but it will have a big kick.''