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ISLAMORADA â Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction, and thatâs the case with Toilet Seat Cut off the bayside of Plantation Key. The channel â without the famous toilet seats which now number about 250 âexisted prior to Hurricane Donna. Donna battered the Florida Keys on Sept. 9, 1960, with wind speeds up to 200 miles per hour and a storm surge of up to 13 feet before it turned back to the Atlantic Ocean and wreaked havoc along the east coast all the way to Maine. Donna went down in history for causing more than 150 deaths. She also is credited with placing the first toilet seat at the cut in Florida Bay. No human had that quirky idea. Nature itself leant a hand with the decor that led to the channelâs name. ....