Comments on: The Valentine’s Day Storm of 1940. http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/ Exploring New England As It Was Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1190 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:24:11 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1190 Hi Karen – thanks for stopping by! There’s the flood of ’36 too. I’ve had that on my list of potential posts for a while now.

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1189 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:11:07 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1189 Hi Heather – great to hear from you! Thanks for stopping by, and for the comment.

]]> By: Karen Howes http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1188 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:59:17 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1188 Thanks, Ryan– I had heard of the Hurricane of 1938, and the blizzard of ’77, but never knew of the Valentine’s Day storm of 1940 until now.

]]> By: Karen Howes http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1187 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:57:54 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1187 Thanks, Ryan– I have heard of the Hurricane of 1938, and the Blizzard of ’77, but honestly had never heard of the Valentine’s Day storm until now.

]]> By: Heather Wilkinson Rojo http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1185 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:37:15 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1185 I read this story to my Mom. She remembers this storm! She was living in Beverly at the time. Also, congrats on a nice writeup at the NEHGS “Weekly Genealogist”, too. I just finished reading it in my in-box!

]]> By: Forgotten New England http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1184 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:56:49 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1184 Hi Melba, thanks for the comment – I’ve been considering writing a post about that ’38 flood, but haven’t come across any photos to include with the write-up. I am planning to put one together, though. There’s a story in my family that a lot of family photos were lost in that flood. If you’re interested, Dick Howe wrote up a post about the flood a few years ago:

http://www.richardhowe.com/2010/09/03/the-hurricane-of-1938/

]]> By: Melba Trevors Yandel http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1180 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:47:36 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1180 I was only 9 at the time and living next door to Daniel Gage Ice Company but heard my family speak of the storm many times. The 1938 Hurricane I remember better because the river overflowed up to Pawtucket Street. But most of all I remember the flood of 1936. We were living in a different house on Pawtucket Street, across from what is now U of Mass, and on the Merrimack River bank edge. The water rose so high that our family had to be evacuated from an upstairs window into rowboats. While we waited for rescue we watched houses and livestock floating down towards the dam and prayed that we would not be next.

]]> By: Dawna Owen http://forgottennewengland.com/2013/01/01/the-valentines-day-storm-of-1940/#comment-1169 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:55:07 +0000 http://forgottennewengland.com/?p=3676#comment-1169 Interesting reading material………..

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