The strongest non-tropical wind storm ever to hit the lower 48 in American history occurred 60 years ago on October 12th, 1962. This historic storm clobbered much of the west coast including the Puget Sound region
This historic storm clobbered much of the west coast including the Puget Sound region as the storm hugged the coastline just offshore as it quickly tracked from Northern California up the coast to Vancouver Island.
Those wind gusts match category-four hurricane-force winds. The Pacific Northwest does not get hurricanes that are fueled by 80-degree or warmer sea surface temperatures but does get hurricane-force winds when intense North Pacific Ocean storms manage to reach our area. Damage from the storm was widespread. Over 15 billion feet of timber was blown down from the coast to Western Montana, enough timber to build one million homes. Thousands of buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged by fallen trees and the strong winds.
Can another windstorm like this one occur again today? Yes, it can. Fortunately, not all wind storms are this devastating, but winds of 70 mph or more occur more frequently, on average about every 10 years, producing numerous downed trees and power outages. The last big wind storm in our region was the Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of December 2006. Given this region gets a big wind storm around every 10 years, we are overdue.
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