The last wind hurricane to strike Key West was Georges in September 1998. Georges’ 100 mph winds sat on top of Key West for nearly 24 hours. Key West went
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This letter was submitted by Kristopher Monroe, chair of the Savannah-Chatham County Historic Site & Monument Commission.
Savannah s brand is its historic character. There are of course numerous individuals and community organizations who regularly engage in various efforts to protect Savannah s historic integrity, but there are also a number of boards and commissions who do that work in an official capacity. It s easy to imagine a city commission as a panel of faceless bureaucrats twiddling their pens and shuffling papers, but at least for the board I ve served on for over seven years now, nothing could be further from the truth.