Word: nordmann
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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Because of the prompt evacuation, the death toll was low: only nine people were known to have died. But many survivors had hair-raising close calls. Ervin Nordmann rushed ahead of the storm to board up his beach house at Gulf Shores, only to be forced to spend the night there when his car would not start. After the howling winds moved on, Nordmann discovered that his house was one of only three still standing out of the 40 that once lined the beach...