IN SEPTEMBER 1960, HURRICANE DONNA, A FIERCE STORM THAT WREAKED CONSIDERABLE HAVOC FROM THE LESSER ANTILLES TO NEW ENGLAND, RAVAGED THE FLORIDA KEYS. WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 150 MPH, DONNA DEMOLISHED HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED COUNTLESS BOATS AND DOCKS.
ne “survivor” was the Bay Bourne houseboat, which came loose from its moorings, washed up in the middle of U.S. Route 1, and was then rolled on