1919 Florida Keys Hurricane

[Jim Eshelman]

September 10, 1919, 3:00 EWT, Dry Tortugas, FL (24N38, 82W55)

Also known as the 1919 Key West Hurricane. After striking the Bahamas as a weaker storm, it reached the Florida Keys, first striking the Dry Tortugas early September 10 with the 150 mph wind force of a what would later be called a Category 4 intensity.

772 deaths, $22 million in damages, 150 mph winds.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
Uranus on MC 1°50'
Saturn on IC 3°40'
-- Saturn-Uranus op. 1°17'
Mars more widely foreground
-- Ma/Sa on meridian 0°44'
Moon-Pluto conj. 1°17'
Moon-Mercury op. 2°39'

Bridge (None.)

Quarter: Cansolar (Dormant.) Moon-Venus.
Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mercury.

Month: Caplunar {-2}
Venus on IC 0°28'
Sun & Pluto widely foreground

Day: Capsolar Quotidian {-2}
p MC sq. p Sun 0°03', s Sun 0°43'
p Asc op. p Jupiter 1°22'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits (Dormant.)

Supplemental Daily Indicators {-2}
AriQ MC conj. t Mars 0°08', t Neptune 0°55'
p Asc sq. t Jupiter 1°06'
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t Sun conj. Arisolar IC 0°48' (Full Moon slightly earlier with Moon on MC)
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LibQ Moon sq. s Pluto 0°44'
t Pluto sq. p Moon 0°15'
p EP op. s Jupiter 0°30'
Libsolar Venus-Jupiter square progressed to 0°04'
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t Neptune conj. Libsolar Dsc 1°26'
t Mars conj. Libsolar Dsc 0°23'