Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
Darn it Gretchen - I remember that book very well. My parents had a copy of it too, and I can remember as a kid, looking with fascination at all the pictures. Somehow, it disappeared during one of the moves that they made later in life. When I was visiting my brother a couple of weeks ago, I asked him if he had it, but he doesn't. I wish it was still somewhere in the family.

The earliest hurricanes I remember were Carole & Diane (I think), which were back to back sometime in the early 50's. Fortunately I've never been thru any like the one in 38.
You got it!! Carol was in 1954; Diane in 1955. Carol was worse. The Journal did a book for this one also. I think the high water mark downtown was just a shade less than in the 1938 storm.

I remember we started school 2 weeks late in 1954.