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10:12 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

1962: Remembering The Deadly Columbus Day Storm

Credit Photo by Seattle Municipal Archives.
Columbus Day Storm damage, 1962.

A lot of strange things happened in October 1962.

In Hollywood, Bobby "Boris" Pickett topped the charts with “Monster Mash.” In New York, James Brown recorded his incredible "Live at the Apollo" album. And in Cuba, offensive missile sites were being built, marking the start of the Cuban missile crisis.

Meanwhile, closer to home, the Pacific Northwest was about to face one of the most destructive natural disasters in American history.

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