This website has also been a victim of the tragic hurricane that hit us a few days ago. The Hamilton Library was closed on Monday and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th of October. As a result, many of the posts I was working on were left undone. However, we are back on line and will once again be diligently posting interesting graphics. Thank you for your patience and indulgence.
- RALPH LUCARELLA said...
- HI TOM....THIS IS ONE TIME THAT FLORIDA WAS NOT INVOLVED BY A
HURRICANE. WE LEFT FLORIDA AFTER MANY YEARS BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES
AND SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN FEW. I UNDERSTAND MERCERVILLE AND MANY
OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CITY ARE WITHOUT POWER AND I NEVER HEARD OF SOUCH
DAMAGE IN THE NEW YORK AREA. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM. REGARDS
Tom Glover said...- RALPH, IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE SEEN MANY EAST COAST HURRICANES. MY
2 ARMY BUDDIES DROVE TO TRENTON ON A WEEKEND PASS BACK IN THE 1950'S
AND WENT RIGHT DOWN THE BOSTON POST ROAD AND INTO A HURRICANE. IT WAS
REALLY SCARY. WE LOST POWER IN THE HAMILTON AREA OF TRENTON FOR AT LEAST
10 DAYS. HOWEVER, THIS MONSTER STORM NAMED SANDY WAS UNIMAGINABLE IN
THE DAMAGE. LONG BEACH ISLAND WAS DECIMATED, SEASIDE HEIGHTS LOST ALL
THEIR RIDES, ATLANTIC CITY LOST A HUGE NUMBER OF BOARDS FROM THE
BOARDWALK, AND IN NEW YORK, THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER WITH A
COLD FRONT COMING INTO THE EAST COAST. MY FAMILY CAME THROUGH WITH NARY A
PROBLEM. EVEN MY HAM RADIO ANTENNA UP 50 FEET BETWEEN TWO ASH TREES
SURVIVED THE 70 TO 75 MPH WINDS. THIS ONE WAS WORSE THAN THE 1938
HURRICANE THAT DESTROYED THE NORTHEASTERN CITIES.
TOM GLOVER
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RALPH LUCARELLA said...
- I RECALL TON, WHEN WE WERE LIVING ON EDINBURG ROAD IN THE 50'S,
SOME VERY BAD STORMS BUT NEVER LIKE THIS ONE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE NEW
YORK AND JERSEY SHORE AREA LOSING THEIR POWER FOR SO LONG AND KEEP
PEOPLE FROM USING THEIR CAR THRU GAS SHORTAGE. IT'S PRETTY SCARY TO
WATCH THE DAMAGE ON T.V. I THINK THERE'S A CLIMATE CHANGE ALL OVER THE
WORLD. LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST.
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Ron Bound said...
- Tom and Ralph, glad you are safe. Such sadness, with all the
destruction. And the long recovery period ahead. Ralph, one of our
friends left Pensacola to get away from the Hurricanes, and moved to
Cape May a couple years ago. Haven't heard from her.
In 1954, my brother and I walked back to our old neighborhood, in the Burg, with the winds still howling and the rain still coming down. Stood on buddies stoop, not more than 3 by 3 feet, wood. Heard a noise, and one of us jumped into the buddies house, and the other jumped onto a covered porch, and CRASH, there was half the red brick chimney with the antenna still attached, right where we had been standing...it just wasn't our time. Later in Sept 1960 I tracked Hurricane Donna...which was headed right for our AF Base in Tampa. When my latest report showed the storm had turned NE towards Orlando, instead of coming our way, Tampa, my Commander was relieved. So was I. You are all in our prayers. Ron and Marie
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Sally Logan Gilman said...
- Hi Tom:I'm glad you and your family weathered the storm. I can
remember the 1954 storm and the trees that were brought down. The
destruction on the Jersey Shore and Staten Island is horrendous and is
something that I have never seen before. We were grousing because we
were without power for two days in NH. I will never complain again.
Regards
HI TOM....THIS IS ONE TIME THAT FLORIDA WAS NOT INVOLVED BY A HURRICANE. WE LEFT FLORIDA AFTER MANY YEARS BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES AND SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN FEW. I UNDERSTAND MERCERVILLE AND MANY OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CITY ARE WITHOUT POWER AND I NEVER HEARD OF SOUCH DAMAGE IN THE NEW YORK AREA. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM. REGARDS
ReplyDeleteRALPH, IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE SEEN MANY EAST COAST HURRICANES. MY 2 ARMY BUDDIES DROVE TO TRENTON ON A WEEKEND PASS BACK IN THE 1950'S AND WENT RIGHT DOWN THE BOSTON POST ROAD AND INTO A HURRICANE. IT WAS REALLY SCARY. WE LOST POWER IN THE HAMILTON AREA OF TRENTON FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS. HOWEVER, THIS MONSTER STORM NAMED SANDY WAS UNIMAGINABLE IN THE DAMAGE. LONG BEACH ISLAND WAS DECIMATED, SEASIDE HEIGHTS LOST ALL THEIR RIDES, ATLANTIC CITY LOST A HUGE NUMBER OF BOARDS FROM THE BOARDWALK, AND IN NEW YORK, THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER WITH A COLD FRONT COMING INTO THE EAST COAST. MY FAMILY CAME THROUGH WITH NARY A PROBLEM. EVEN MY HAM RADIO ANTENNA UP 50 FEET BETWEEN TWO ASH TREES SURVIVED THE 70 TO 75 MPH WINDS. THIS ONE WAS WORSE THAN THE 1938 HURRICANE THAT DESTROYED THE NORTHEASTERN CITIES.
ReplyDeleteTOM GLOVER
I RECALL TON, WHEN WE WERE LIVING ON EDINBURG ROAD IN THE 50'S, SOME VERY BAD STORMS BUT NEVER LIKE THIS ONE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE NEW YORK AND JERSEY SHORE AREA LOSING THEIR POWER FOR SO LONG AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM USING THEIR CAR THRU GAS SHORTAGE. IT'S PRETTY SCARY TO WATCH THE DAMAGE ON T.V. I THINK THERE'S A CLIMATE CHANGE ALL OVER THE WORLD. LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST.
ReplyDeleteTom and Ralph, glad you are safe. Such sadness, with all the destruction. And the long recovery period ahead. Ralph, one of our friends left Pensacola to get away from the Hurricanes, and moved to Cape May a couple years ago. Haven't heard from her.
ReplyDeleteIn 1954, my brother and I walked back to our old neighborhood, in the Burg, with the winds still howling and the rain still coming down. Stood on buddies stoop, not more than 3 by 3 feet, wood. Heard a noise, and one of us jumped into the buddies house, and the other jumped onto a covered porch, and CRASH, there was half the red brick chimney with the antenna still attached, right where we had been standing...it just wasn't our time. Later in Sept 1960 I tracked Hurricane Donna...which was headed right for our AF Base in Tampa. When my latest report showed the storm had turned NE towards Orlando, instead of coming our way, Tampa, my Commander was relieved. So was I. You are all in our prayers. Ron and Marie
Hi Tom:I'm glad you and your family weathered the storm. I can remember the 1954 storm and the trees that were brought down. The destruction on the Jersey Shore and Staten Island is horrendous and is something that I have never seen before. We were grousing because we were without power for two days in NH. I will never complain again. Regards
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