Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Great Gale of 1848, also known as the Tampa Bay hurricane of 1848 and originally as the Great Gale of '48, was a tropical cyclone that struck Florida in September 1848. It affected the Tampa Bay Area September 23–25, 1848. It crossed the Florida Peninsula to cause damage on the east coast on or about September 26. It reshaped parts of the coast and destroyed much of what few human works and habitation were then in the Tampa Bay Area. Although its recorded wind speed was that of a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, its barometric pressure and storm surge were consistent with at least a Category 4 hurricane. It was described by one survivor as, “the granddaddy of all hurricanes.” (Grismer, 35). }
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- 1848_Tampa_Bay_hurricane abstract "The Great Gale of 1848, also known as the Tampa Bay hurricane of 1848 and originally as the Great Gale of '48, was a tropical cyclone that struck Florida in September 1848. It affected the Tampa Bay Area September 23–25, 1848. It crossed the Florida Peninsula to cause damage on the east coast on or about September 26. It reshaped parts of the coast and destroyed much of what few human works and habitation were then in the Tampa Bay Area. Although its recorded wind speed was that of a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, its barometric pressure and storm surge were consistent with at least a Category 4 hurricane. It was described by one survivor as, “the granddaddy of all hurricanes.” (Grismer, 35)".