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Surge in Bermuda Triangle Stories
The Hurricane Hunters and
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
By
Tom Barnes
Washington orders military to develop a hurricane warning system:
Navy crews back from Pacific war chosen for task. Scuttlebutt has it that a half dozen Privateers and crews will deploy to Miami and form Squadron 114. The rank and file scoff at the idea of chasing hurricanes, however at a Miami briefing when they get the full picture of what a warning system could mean, they accept the challenge. During the 1945 hurricane season the highflying Privateers and crews of Squadron 114 tracked eight Tropical Storms and four Hurricanes. And by the end of that season a basic early warning system had been developed and was in place.
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- December 5, 1945
Flight 19 was on a routine training flight, when at 3:40 pm a muddled radio distress call is heard from the student leader. Squadron leader Lt. Taylor takes over but is disoriented – he believes they are over the Florida Keys, when in fact they are over the Bahama Banks. They take a wrong turn and become hopelessly lost inside the Bermuda Triangle. The story tracks Flight 19 through radio contacts along with land based rescue efforts.
Stories about ghost ships, lost ships, strange lights, time warps, and other myths about the Bermuda Triangle are cropping up in numbers. But before you buy into the myths become a skeptic and do some fact finding. Go to my website www.tombarnes39.com for a couple of brief excerpts on the Triangle. From there push the blog button and go to www.RocktheTower.com. That’s my weekly blog, which is updated every Wednesday. The December 10th issue will include some basic facts about the Bermuda Triangle and the archives include everything from Let’s go to the Movies with Greta Garbo to Legends of the West and the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
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