Tropical, Unsettled Summers & Hurricane Years

[Joe]

It rained for three days prior to the 38' Hurricane - made the trees pop out of the ground like they had been greased. Crafty - ever read the book "A Wind To Shake The World?"

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Joe

It rained for three days prior to the 38' Hurricane - made the trees pop out of the ground like they had been greased. Crafty - ever read the book "A Wind To Shake The World?"

Yes I have, Joe, but only parts of it. I have a copy on my bookshelf right now and it's been on my re-read list for a while.

The guy who owns the Book and Tackle shop in WH is a '38 expert - damn, can't remember his name, gotta be my early onset oldtimer's disease kicking in

Many the old extremely rare trees that used to line Bellevue Avenue in Newport that were imported by the millionaires as a kind of one-upsmanship contest were felled like matchsticks, took months to clear the Avenue again by men using axes and 2 man bucksaws. Must have been amazing -

[BassDawg]

what?

no mention of the hurricane of '92 that hit NPT??

at least i think it was '92-'93, pretty trippy seeing waves
crashing all the way to the center island from first beach.
many uprooted trees down RI Ave and along Green End Road.

the eye was especially exciting, walking around during
the "calm in the midst of the storm" was a memory i'll never forget!!
it was a minor one as far as hurricanes go, but one nonetheless.

carry on

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

what?

no mention of the hurricane of '92 that hit NPT??

Hey, that was a fart, we're talking about gales here