Seventy-five years ago today, a major hurricane narrowly missed New York, but devastated Long Island and New England. Had it made landfall 70 miles to the west, it would have destroyed New York City. My mother remembers seeing trees in Brooklyn bent over to the ground.
26 Sep 1938 – NEAR 700. DEATH ROLL IN U.S.A. HURRICANE. Story …
California also suffered massive deadly flooding in 1938
05 Mar 1938 – U.S. Flood Death Roll Grows; Grim Order Faces Lo…
My grandmother remembers her boss at the hospital not being forgiving to her transportation problems in Queens.