Posted on 09/02/2021 5:46:15 PM PDT by 11th_VA
"Hurricane Agnes originated in the Caribbean Sea region in mid-June. Circulation barely reached hurricane intensity for a brief period in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm crossed the Florida Panhandle coastline on June 19, 1972, and followed an unusually extended overland trajectory combining with an extratropical system to bring very heavy rain from the Carolinas northward to New York.
This torrential rain followed the abnormally wet May weather in the Middle Atlantic States and set the stage for the subsequent major flooding.The record-breaking floods occurred in the Middle Atlantic States in late June and early July 1972. Many streams in the affected area experienced peak discharges several times the previous maxima of record. Estimated recurrence intervals of peak flows at many gaging stations on major rivers and their tributaries exceeded 100 years. The suspended-sediment concentration and load of most flooded streams were also unusually high.
The widespread flooding from this storm caused Agnes to be called the most destructive hurricane in United States history, claiming 117 lives and causing damage estimated at $3.1 billion in 12 States. Damage was particularly highin New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia."
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Indianola was completely abandoned after two hurricanes.
I was in basic training in October of ‘69. There were several guys from Mississippi in our platoon and they told us stories about Hurricane Camille. Yikes!
Doesn’t global warming decrease when it rains?
My High School graduation was flooded out by Agnes ... Spent the rest of the year cleaning up between college classes
The Porto Rico Storm--Carson Robison (1928)
Been there great Museum. What’s really remarkable is standing next to the high water mark and looking out over the valley that was completely under water.
I was 10 years old in Northern New Jersey that summer. I remember roads that looked like rivers and the park was like a lake. A local girl drowned in the park. Flooding was terrible.
The Miami Storm--Vernon Dalhart (1926)
The Storm That Struck Miami--Fiddlin' John Carson & Moonshine Kate (1934)
I was in a girl’s juvenile detention center run by nuns. We made P & J sandwiches all day to help.
We were on a huge hill. Scranton area.
I have been there a few times and love the place.
For anyone going near Corning, I would strongly advise taking the time to stop there and visit it.
When we moved to northern Virginia in the fall of 1975, the
local counties were still dealing with the damage to the infrastructure
from Hurricane Agnes.
I remember the TV ads, public service announcements, not sure exatly what they were about, but they ran for a long time. The tagline: Camille was no lady!
You probably can’t say that now!
The 1938 hurricane was worse….about 600 died and much damage.
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I was in my early teens between Camille and Agnes - it seemed like we were doomed by hurricanes back then. Until those guys got abducted by aliens in Pasgagul MS in ‘73. - … lol
I have very dim memories of it, mostly that it happened.
Looking at the dates, it hit me that the reason was that we were out of town. My family headed out west for a three week family vacation out west and drove, so spent days on end in the car and had very little time to watch the TV, so had little knowledge of what was going on back home.
Innumerable rail lines were abandoned after Agnes, never to be rebuilt.
Some would become bike trails in later decades.
In Western PA, I was at scout camp in Junior Leader Training. Just tarps, ground cloths and sleeping bags, no tents. Worst two nights of my life. No amount of trenching could keep us dry. They finally gave up and we hiked back to camp and cabins (We were supposed to be out for 4 nights). We were told not to get hurt because the only road to camp was flooded and they’d have to chopper us out.
Elmira, New York’s downtown was under something like sixty feet of water. A local TV station there, WENY-TV, was broadcasting from the seventh floor of the Mark Twain Hotel, as the first six floors were flooded.
Another city that took a major hit in that hurricane was Frederick, Maryland.
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