From 1929 historic notes on rivercane flowering Clair A. Brown (citations below)
I found one old scientific report of flowering rivercane with locations and dates. I'm going back to link the dates mentioned in JUST THIS PAPER to the strength of the hurricane season that followed. It's uhhhh... quite a coincidence.
Date and time of observed flowering/seeding in orange. Hurricane captions in italic superscript.
May 1899 Abita Springs Louisiana
Considered the second deadliest hurricane in history. This hurricane is the longest lived hurricane in recorded history. The first flowering mentioned in the report coincides with this early August hurricane, 2-3 months after flowering was observed.
May 1900 Abita Springs Louisiana
Hurricane-force winds and storm surge inundated portions of southern Louisiana, though the cyclone left no significant structural damage or fatalities in the state. (Of the 1900 hurricane). CONSIDERED THE deadliest hurricane. Formed late August, landfall early September, meaning the bloom again observed 3 months before the hurricane.
Note: I'm truncating the "flowered in Abita Springs every year in May since 1899" to Every May from 1899-1900, and just telling you that there were notable hurricane events and F3+ tornadoes in certain years in Louisiana but that tornado data is inaccurate before 1950. Since the statement was conjecture more than scientifically proven, I only checked the year named and the year after. Because we have much bigger destructions to address.
March, 1927 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana (First collected spikelets ever)
While not a hurricane specifically, this flood was caused by heavy rainfall partially brought by hurricane systems. It killed hundreds of people and is linked to the great depression.
March-April 1928 Baton Rouge Louisiana
Flowering observed 4-6 months before the early august 1928 Fort Pierce hurricane which started the deadly 1928 Atlantic Hurricane season. Keep in mind many areas were still being affected by the great Mississippi flood from the previous year.
May 1928 Baton Rouge Louisiana
The 4th deadliest hurricane on record later in August. Landfall September 12. Putting the observed flowering 3 months prior.
April 1929 ? Louisiana
Assuming Baton Rouge for the flowering location. The first hurricane of the season was June 28 1929 in the gulf, putting the flowering 3-4 months before this small hurricane. No adverse effects to Louisiana were recorded in the season. Keep in mind areas may have still been affected by the great Mississippi flood of 1927 in places.
Spring 1929 Baton Rouge Louisiana
See link above. No adverse effects to Louisiana were reported. But the gulf experienced storm surge. This was called the "Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929."
Spring 1929 Erwinville Louisiana
They wrote a book on the great Bahamas hurricane yet no damage to Erwinville was reported from it.
The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1929, also known as the Great Andros Island Hurricane of 1929, was the only major hurricane during the very i
