SEPTEMBER 16, 1926 The weather map had the South Florida newspapers flummoxed. A 40-mph tropical storm had been drifting offshore of Miami. Its fringes produced gusty winds along the coast and about 2 inches of rain. Meanwhile, a monster hurricane was north of Puerto Rico and on a track aimed at South Florida. But nobody yet understood the threat. Through the morning, the weather deteriorated on Turk Island, now called Grand Turk, at the southern end of the Bahamian chain