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1dozenraw · 08-12-2008, 08:27 PM

I'm old.... was 8 when Carol rolled through. We were in a house that was about 250' from the beach at Green Hill. The Civil Defense guy, who lived about 200 yards further from the beach on the same street, came and woke us at 4 AM and took us to his house where we stayed throughout the storm. We played Mr Potato Head with a real potato and watched the picture window flex in and out like a drum head.. We too took a walk to the beach during the eye and saw the house closest to the water had been hit by a wave and knocked off its foundation. All the houses that were on the barrier beach between Green Hill and Charlestown were gone and in the pond.

During Hurricane Bob I was living at Green Hill about 10 house up from the beach. The police came around early and announced a mandatory evacuation. I had checked all the trees around the house and cut some limbs that might be a problem, stocked up on food and batteries, so me and my galfriend hunkered down and kept track of everything on TV and then battery powered radio.

I was also right in the path of the tornado that went through Worcester County Mass. I killed 3 people in the house next door (about 75 feet from where I was). I heard the roar and the crash and jumped up on the deep freezer and saw most of it from the basement window. We had gone down in the cellar / cold cellar when we saw the sky turn a weird blackish yellow color.

I'll tell ya... the clean-up after Bob in my area of SoCo was absolutely depressing. It went on forever. It just was overwhelming dealing with trees down, no power for 10 or more days and just debris everywhere. No fun at all.

08-12-2008, 08:27 PM	#22
1dozenraw Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Southern RI Posts: 383	I'm old.... was 8 when Carol rolled through. We were in a house that was about 250' from the beach at Green Hill. The Civil Defense guy, who lived about 200 yards further from the beach on the same street, came and woke us at 4 AM and took us to his house where we stayed throughout the storm. We played Mr Potato Head with a real potato and watched the picture window flex in and out like a drum head.. We too took a walk to the beach during the eye and saw the house closest to the water had been hit by a wave and knocked off its foundation. All the houses that were on the barrier beach between Green Hill and Charlestown were gone and in the pond. During Hurricane Bob I was living at Green Hill about 10 house up from the beach. The police came around early and announced a mandatory evacuation. I had checked all the trees around the house and cut some limbs that might be a problem, stocked up on food and batteries, so me and my galfriend hunkered down and kept track of everything on TV and then battery powered radio. I was also right in the path of the tornado that went through Worcester County Mass. I killed 3 people in the house next door (about 75 feet from where I was). I heard the roar and the crash and jumped up on the deep freezer and saw most of it from the basement window. We had gone down in the cellar / cold cellar when we saw the sky turn a weird blackish yellow color. I'll tell ya... the clean-up after Bob in my area of SoCo was absolutely depressing. It went on forever. It just was overwhelming dealing with trees down, no power for 10 or more days and just debris everywhere. No fun at all.