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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NO NO NO!!! This has never happened before. It is all because of Climate change... /sarc
Just another manipulation by the deep state. Never let a good crisis go to waste and all of that.
I remember. We were living in Rockland County, had some bad flooding. The ball fields in Suffern were under 10 ft of water caused by the worst flooding ever from the Mahwah River
I lived near Harpers ferry WV in 72, I was in 2nd grade and used to have movie film (super 8) of the flooding of the Shenandoah river and Potomac River.
Agnes was a humdinger. The Potomac River overflowed. The river was high enough to push against the Kennedy Center balcony , about 30-40 feet over the roadway.
‘I was 10 years old in Northern New Jersey that summer.flood
I was a 23 yo North Jerseyan at the time; the place I worked had a loading dock which was covered by the floodwaters...
you may think you’ve heard some hard cursing in your lives, but if you din’t hear our warehouse boss’s commentary on the dock flood, then you haven’t heard anything...’
Lol. I am not surprised.
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