To prevent a recurrence of disasters like this one and the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, the Florida State Legislature created the Okeechobee Flood Control District, which was authorized to cooperate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in flood control undertakings.
Um den Auswirkungen einer erneuten Katastrophe wie dem Miami-Hurrikan 1926 entgegenzuwirken, beschloss die Florida State Legislature die Schaffung des Okeechobee Flood Control District, der mit dem U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maßnahmen zur Flutkontrolle unternehmen sollte.