2. COLUMBUS DAY STORM AKA: THE BIG BLOW

3. Storm type: Extra-tropical cyclone An extra-tropical cyclone is a storm system that primarily gets its energy from the horizontal temperature contrasts that exist in the atmosphere. Extra- tropical cyclones are low pressure systems with associated cold fronts, warm fronts, and occluded fronts.

4. FORMED AS: TYPHOON FREDA ON OCTOBER 3, 1962 ENDED ON: OCTOBER 17, 1962 WORST DAY: COLUMBUS DAY OCTOBER 12, 1962

5. Tropical storm Freda formed in the central pacific ocean. As it moved into colder water it became an extra-tropical cyclone.

6. WIND SPEED CITY/STATESUSTAINEDGUSTS IN MPH CAPE BLANCO, ORN/A179 MT. HEBO AFS, ORN/A130 SALEM, ORN/A90 PORTLAND, OR90116 NASELLE, WA90160 OLYMPIA, WAN/A88 McCHORD AFB, WA N/A100 RENTON, WA6498 SEATTLE, WAN/A65 SPOKANE, WAN/A58

7. RAINFALL CITY/STATERAINFALL IN INCHESDATE SAN FRANCISCO, CA4.5210-13-1962 OAKLAND, CA4.5210-13-1962 SACRAMENTO, CA3.7710-13-1962 THE BAY AREA7+10-13-1962

8. DAMAGE  15 BILLION BOARD FEET  $280 MILLION  $200 MILLION IN OREGON ALONE  METROPOLITON LIFE INSSURANCE COMPANY NAMED THE COLUMBUS DAY STORM THE NATIONS WORST NATURAL DISASTER OF 1962

9. Cost of damage by city  Longview, Wa.$123,764  Vancouver, Wa.$100,000  Salem, Or.$220,000  Eugene, Or.$50,000

10. Insurance claims  Oregon70,000 amount pd. 20,000,000  Washington28,216 paid on 24,676 for a total of 4,230,200 Paid by metlife

11. Path of destruction  125 miles wide  1000 miles long  75,000 square miles of total destruction

12. First made landfall in Northern California. Then moved northeast about 50 miles inland and then veered straight north towards Oregon state.

16. AFTERMATH  46 FATALITIES  HUNDREDS INJURED  THOUSANDS WITH OUR POWER

17. MAJOR EVENTS  BASEBALL WORLD SERIES DELAYED  DUCKS/HUSKIES FOOTBALL WENT ON AS SCHEDULED