The Great New England Hurricane of 1938

This strong Cat.-3 Hurricane struck several coastal areas of New England in September of 1938 with little warning, killing 256 people and moving at a forward speed over 50 MPH. The Blue Hill Observatory at Milton, Massachusetts reported a sustained wind of 121 MPH with a gust of 183 MPH. Hartford Connecticut had a low pressure reading of 28.04 inches. Just over 2000 people were injured. Damage was around $250-million dollars. (1938-dollars.)

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[moviemagg]

I agree. Irene will mostly be a big rain event. ( And that's even if there is any event.)

[moviemagg]

You can bet your bottom dollar that Hurricane Irene will be nothing close to the magnitude of the Great New England Hurricane of 1938. I will be very surprised if anybody gets full Hurricane force conditions in New England.

[moviemagg]

Hey Josh, thank you for giving me the correct information on this storm. I did some research and you were right.

[98bigbutt]

What happened to the Creedence song?

[moviemagg]

@98bigbutt I had to take the Creedence Clearwater song Bad Moon Rising off or UTube might have thrown me out to copyright hell. You have to be very carefull of the songs you post on UTube. Copyright, Copyright, Copyright.

[LeOpardGeckoKid9]

@moviemagg the blue hills observatory did not registor a gust of 183 mph. they recoreded two five minute readings of 173 and 186 mph, sustained winds were around 121mph. at the summit a 7 minute reading velocity of 111mph was recorded.

[moviemagg]

@LeOpardGeckoKid9 The Blue Hill Observatory did record a wind measurement of 183 miles per hour during the 1938 New England Hurricane. Check the Monthly Weather Reviews article on this storm as I just did and you will read about it. So I rest my case. Sorry it took so long to get back to you about this.

[tsntana]

Nice choice for AudioSwap. :)

[hioreilly]

what song is this sounds like something from batman.

[PositivelyBored]

@LeOpardGeckoKid9

No equipment registered any readings. They were estimated by the observers inside the building. Remember most of the wind instruments were blown out by this storm....so there is no way to properly measure how strong the winds were. I was a wx obs around 10 years ago and still present data. You can drive up to the summit and check out the data up there.

There are no trees older than 80 years old on Great Blue Hill ,above 500'.

[AroundSun]

1:08 Guy says: "say ocean, aren't you a pocket full of firecrackaz eyy? Im through with supposin and I'm fixed to start figurin meh? Say why don't ya take it easy with the water over here, me and my pal are tryinna walk mehhhhh"

[AroundSun]

This storm here is what gave us Moriches inlet on Long Island in New York.

[skimboardmonster]

The only thing missing is jim cantore.

[naapaalee]

NYC will be underwater for days. The winds are not what cause the damage. This storm has sustained 12 eight foot surge heading straight for the big apple.

good luck........get out.

[Chaeley]

I love the guys blandly standing there in the rising water at 2:06 like 'meh'.

This is extraordinary footage.

[youraverageuser]

i hope this don't happen! & its funny how many people are out in this with stuff flying around in the air that could kill them. we have come along way...

[FlyinRyan1985]

LOL, Hmm, nice day for a stroll. Doo dee doo dee doo!