[MD Expat in PA]

Right! Not to mention the great hurricane of 1937 (Catherine Hepburn was in it).

I think you mean the September 21st 1938 New England hurricane.

Good documentary on this storm

Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane of 1938

Most weather forecasters at the time didn’t believe a hurricane would land that far north. And this was before radar and satellites, depending mostly on reports from ships at sea.

[cotton1706]

Yes, that’s the one.