Lake Okeechobee The description speaks to the migrant African American laborers working in this area during the agricultural season in the 1920s. Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades are settings in Patrick D. Smith's novel "A Land Remembered", chronicling the effects of modernization upon the lake and the Seminole tribe. Lake Okeechobee is famously mentioned in Hank Williams Jr.'s number one Billboard country hit song "Dixie on My Mind", in 1981. When comparing country life to big city life: ""I've always heard lots about the big apple / So I thought I'd come up here and see. / But all I've seen so
Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida 160 mph (255 km/h); the anemometer blew away after reporting sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The pressure at Canal Point dropped to 942 mbar (27.82 inHg). The lowest pressure north of Lake Okeechobee was 966 mbar (28.54 inHg) in Bartow, and along the west coast, winds reached in Tampa. Overall, property damage was estimated at $25 million. It is estimated if a similar storm were to strike as of the year 2002, it would cause about $16 billion in damages. The cyclone remains one of three Atlantic hurricanes to strike the southern mainland of Florida with a central