Forgotten Event of 15 Years Ago
Current mood:
Next month marks the 15th anniversary of a local event many people do not know about or remember. It is amazing when I bring it up, people think I am kidding with them...hard to believe it was 15 years ago!!
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July 3, 1992…around 10:30 pm, I was in my 66 Ford Fairlane convertible, cruising the beachside with the top down. Stopped and parked by the boardwalk, walked around, then got back in the car, up the Main Street ramp, and off to US-1 to visit Taco Bell in South Daytona. Ordered up Tacos, then parked in the lot at the Outlet Mall across the street to consume them while watching the cars go by, listening to the radio under the stars of a clear sky.
The announcer came on the radio and announced that an 18 ft tidal wave had just swept over the boardwalk. I really thought it was a hoax. After a few more reports, I turned to AM news and verified an event had just occurred. I returned to the beach to find all the parked cars had been overwhelmed by a wave of seawater crashing into and swamping hundreds of cars parked that evening on the beach in front of the boardwalk. We all knew people who lost their cars that night...many were not insured.
To this day, there is no explanation for the "rogue wave" that struck. There was no warning, and it has not occurred since. The most rational and accepted cause was that there was an underwater landslide or shift which created the wave. Other theories involve methane gas burps, to nuclear subs. (President Bush Sr was in town for the races…AND Daytona does have a history of submarine activity off the coast dating back to WW2). Other less likely theory involved meteors and flying saucers.
If you are curious, intrigued or otherwise calling Bravo Sierra on me, just Google "Daytona Rogue Wave" for more info.
Keep those windows up beachgoers, LOL!
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