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Flood 50 years ago #7609521 06/21/22 11:25 AM 06/21/22 11:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,712 PA W w side rd 151 OP trapper
w side rd 151 OP trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,712 PA	Fifty years ago this week Hurricane Anges hit the east coast of the US Once it made landfall it moved slowly north dumping water as it went PA ended up getting about 15 inches of rain over a 3 to 4 day time period From north to south the Susquehanna River drainage received some of the worst flooding in recorded history About 100 people died as a result of it .At the time it was said to be the storm of a lifetime .Just 3 years later another flooding hurricane hit the area that was as bad or worse .I had just graduated from high school and started a new job.It was a natural disaster that affect many peoples lives forever

Re: Flood 50 years ago [Re: w side rd 151] #7609529 06/21/22 11:41 AM 06/21/22 11:41 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 548 NY whartonrattrappe trapper
whartonrattrappe trapper Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 548 NY	Originally Posted by w side rd 151 Fifty years ago this week Hurricane Anges hit the east coast of the US Once it made landfall it moved slowly north dumping water as it went PA ended up getting about 15 inches of rain over a 3 to 4 day time period From north to south the Susquehanna River drainage received some of the worst flooding in recorded history About 100 people died as a result of it .At the time it was said to be the storm of a lifetime .Just 3 years later another flooding hurricane hit the area that was as bad or worse .I had just graduated from high school and started a new job.It was a natural disaster that affect many peoples lives forever I lived near Wilkes-Barre at the time and remember this vividly.

Re: Flood 50 years ago [Re: w side rd 151] #7609531 06/21/22 11:43 AM 06/21/22 11:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,010 MD D DaveP trapper
DaveP trapper D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,010 MD	Luckily our house was on a SMALL hill. Looked like an island. 100 yds away, water was almost up to the handlebars on my bike.

Re: Flood 50 years ago [Re: w side rd 151] #7609535 06/21/22 11:47 AM 06/21/22 11:47 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,958 new york M mike mason trapper
mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,958 new york	I remember that summer, rained all the time. We played most of our baseball games in the rain and did not get hay in till September. I remember the stories of caskets floating down the Susquehanna that were scoured from cemeteries.

Re: Flood 50 years ago [Re: w side rd 151] #7609546 06/21/22 12:02 PM 06/21/22 12:02 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 19,719 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 19,719 pa	I remember it well, living beside the Juniata river. We had 9' in our house.

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