1889 Apia Cyclone, Narrated by Elinor Lutu-McMoore
Elinor Lutu-McMoore is the Director of the American Samoa Weather Service and Meteorologist-in-Charge at the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Pago Pago. Lutu-McMoore tells how an 1889 cyclone that destroyed a fleet of warships in Samoa spurred Congress to build the modern American Navy.
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that was totally new to me, but a good example of how Congress once made decisions about $ for military.
I love how Iām learning something new with each one of these videos. This was fascinating and a part of our history I knew nothing about. And now I want to know more. š