[SuziQ]

Do your research on the 1938 hurricane of Sept 21

Don't remember what channel it was on, but I saw a show about that hurricane a couple of years ago. A woman was interviewed who had been very young at the time. She and her family were in their big three story house on the coast. The storm surge came in so fast, they had no chance to get out. They kept going up and up until they were in the attic just below the roof. At some point during the storm the house came loose from it's foundation and began floating. When they realized what had happened, her parents were terrified until the mother saw a channel marker and realized that they were heading for the mainland and not out into the ocean.

Scary! Thank goodness we now have the advance warning to get out of the path of these monsters!

[oceanview]

in addition to the native winds in that storm, it was also moving north at a very fast speed which added to the ferocity and speed of the storm surge. but in general, thats the way a storm surge looks like when it comes in. its not like a bath tub filing up. on occassions when it has hit us here on long island, I'd look out my window and everything would be fine, 2 minutes later, ocean waves were breaking in my street.

[Doohickey]

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