I think only those with an operating knowledge of Long Island and coastal NE will really like this book. I do appreciate the author probably had a hard time researching the facts since those old enough to have a big memory of the storm would be over 90 years old at this point.
What drew me in was my grandparents were married in early October and ten days after the storm hit travel between Boston and Braintree where they live, 8 miles south, was still prohibitive. But the Long Island Express was the deadliest to hit New England.more 6000 people lost their lives that day and some estimates go as high as 12,000. The 1900 hurricane in Galveston is still the worst natural disaster in the history of the country. I did have to take issue with the author continually calling it one of the worst disasters in U.S. Even household insurance was non-existent.Īll of this made The Great Hurricane a riveting story. There was no FEMA to deal with the aftermath either. So these people didn't really know what was happening or see it coming. Severe weather reporting basically didn't exist and, besides, hurricanes "didn't occur that far north". there was nothing like the NOAA National Hurricane Center and meteorology was in its infancy. The people along the shores of the states affected had literally no warning. The huge difference between this storm and today's hurricanes is the lack of weather reporting or clear knowledge of hurricane development. Also, then as now, many died because they kept standing on the beach to watch the waves approach. I was caught off guard by the number of people who lived directly on the ocean yet were unable to swim. Some of their stories are heroic, some foolhardy and some tragic. We follow them through the storm and its aftermath. Rich families, servants, children, fisherman, church ladies, farmers, city workers, holiday tourists, and even The actress, Katherine Hepburn, who was at her family's summer home.
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She begins by introducing the reader to a series of different people from the area. The death toll was approximately 700 and the stories Ms. The storm surge set record heights as it hit at high tide which was at its yearly heights all along the coast so flooding was severe. Small villages and coastal cottages were totally eliminated. Over the next 24 hours, it moved through New England causing incredible damage throughout those states to crops, trees, and livestock. It came ashore at Long Island on September 21 with winds of 155 and gusts up to 180. The storm surge set record heights as it hit at high tide which was at its yearly heights The Great Hurricane: 1938 by Cherie Burns is good primarily because it deals with the human interest impact of such a huge storm.
The Great Hurricane: 1938 by Cherie Burns is good primarily because it deals with the human interest impact of such a huge storm. With riveting detail, Burns weaves together the countless personal stories of loved ones lost and lives changed forever - from those of the Moore family, washed to sea on a raft formerly their attic floor, to Katharine Hepburn, holed up in her Connecticut mansion, watching her car take to the air like a bit of paper.more The Great Hurricane: 1938is a spellbinding hour-by-hour reconstruction of one of the most destructive and powerful storms ever to hit the United States.
In an age before warning systems and the ubiquity of television, this unprecedented storm caught the Northeast off guard, obliterated coastal communities, and killed seven hundred people. By the time oceanfront residents noticed an ominous color in the sky, it was too late to escape. There was no mention of any severe weather.
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In an age before warning systems and the ubiquity of television, this unprecedented storm caught the Northeast off guard, obliterated coa On the night of September 21,1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. On the night of September 21,1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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