The windstorm Dad asks about was the Homestead Hurricane of September 1945, which caused much damage to Miami, Florida and vicinity.
The “drinkable Jungle Juice” and warm beer situation is sad, as Okinawa had a fine tradition of awamori high-proof rice distillate, much of it well-aged, but destroyed in the shelling/bombing. It took some years to re-establish the spirits industy.
