The Nation - News from July 24, 1985
Tropical storm Bob moved out of the Gulf of Mexico and sloshed across southern Florida, flooding roads, downing trees and eroding beaches. No injuries were reported, but the Coast Guard rescued 15 persons from two boats that ran aground in high seas kicked up by the storm, the second of the 1985 hurricane season. The storm came ashore at Fort Myers about noon, bringing 50-m.p.h. winds and storm tides up to five feet above normal. Some communities measured as much as 11 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.
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