January 2007
Sand Blasted
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Backdoor: Sand Blasted An unpredictable outcome to a hurricane: wind-propelled sand Making landfall as a Category 2 storm, Hurricane Frances was hardly the strongest hurricane on record. Yet surprisingly, it ranks as one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history, owing to its immense size and sluggish advance. Frances churned offshore, pounding the coast with 105-mph winds for an entire the day before it crept ashore on September 5, 2004. The eye, stalled over Fort Pierce, stretched 80 miles in diameter. The storm's rain bands incessantly lashed Florida's Space Coast near Cape Canaveral. For those in nearby Cocoa Beach, the
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