14–13, despite a strong performance by quarterback Terry Baker, who would win the Heisman Trophy later that year. British Columbia The storm weakened as it traveled north into British Columbia, with peak gusts measured at . Five people in British Columbia were killed in the storm, and the area suffered $80 million in damages. Stanley Park lost 3,000 trees. A Victoria resident described it as "Just general devastation everywhere you went. There were trees breaking off and flying across the roads. "Wind was just blowing the rain horizontal and trees were weaving all over the place. You didn't know if you were going to get hit or not." At Victoria airport, a Martin Mars waterbomber ("Caroline Mars") was hurled and irreparably damaged. See also Hanukkah Eve windstorm of 2006 Great Coastal Gale of 2007 Great Olympic Blowdown of 1921 October 2009 North American storm complex January 2010 North American winter storms January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm October 2021 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone References Further reading External links Windstorms Brochure (PDF) from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Portland, Oregon 1962 in Oregon 1962 meteorology 1962 natural disasters Natural disasters in Oregon Natural disasters in Washington (state) Pacific Northwest storms Natural disasters in British Columbia 1962 natural disasters in the United States 1962 disasters in Canada