Category 5 Quotes

“menace is quietly growing. The cloudy skies and rain that had continued throughout Tuesday had slowed the process of decomposition of the hundreds of bodies that are scattered from Plantation Key to Grassy Key and across Florida Bay. Now the bodies floating in the water, stuck in mangrove bushes, or just lying on the ground are rotting with unbelievable rapidity in the tropical heat.”
― Thomas Neil Knowles, Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

“If Anybody Has Married, Left town, Had a fire, Sold a farm, Been arrested, Been your guest, Left you a fortune, Elected new officers, Met with an accident, Organized a new club, Swiped your chickens, That’s News Phone us”
― Thomas Neil Knowles, Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane