100 YEARS AGO TODAY In the morning hours of July 26, 1926, a Category 4 hurricane was bearing down on Nassau in the Bahamas. The storm would hit the island dead on. Around noontime the eye passed directly overhead. There was severe flooding widespread damage across the Bahamian capital and on surrounding islands. They said it was the worst storm in 125 years. Some 300 people died. The modern estimate is that the winds were about130 mph when the hurricane slammed Nassau, b