In the spirit of Red October …
By coincidence, just happened to be reading an article talking about storms of the past and ran into a mention of yellow fever …
“The sun shone brightly over the wrecked ambitious work of man. Death’s Angel, the hurricane, had completed the work begun by its brother, Pestilence (yellow fever), and buried beneath the sands of the sea, or swept to the four winds of Heaven, all that remained of the proud young city of St. Joseph.”
"Thus wrote George Mortimer West, Chicago newspaperman and founder of Panama City, in his story published in 1922 entitled, “Old St. Joe.” As an article two years ago, related, “In September of 1837, two gales wrecked the city and blew ships ashore. In 1839, another storm hit the city, demolishing buildings and blowing three ships ashore. In the summer of 1841, yellow fever struck and decimated the city. Of the possible 5,000 people that lived in St. Joseph, most of them either died or left. When the fever abated in September, only 500 remained in the city. Again, on Sept. 14, another hurricane hit and destroyed the large, expansive wharf. No ships were wrecked because there were none in the bay. Commerce was dead. To add insult, that fall, nature sent a fire through the forest and city.”
"A Storm of Destiny"
October 11, 2018
–MHB
https://spiritdailyblog.com/news/a-storm-of-destiny
There are no coincidences.
Q