Hurricane Season

No, I am not talking about my Wedding Anniversary today.  I am talking Hurricane Season as announced by FEMA, here.

I know, this is Lowell and we haven't had a hurricane since the 1930s, which was the last century.  But, not recently doesn't equal never, as The Boston Globe said this morning.  I can't find it on the Boston.com website, but in the "G" Section (Page 23) is a picture of a fishing trawler sitting on some rail track, with a derailed train further down the track.  In the near part of the picture you can see where the track has been undermined and twisted.

Under the title "Small craft warning," the article says:

Today marks the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic.  The storms rarely reach this far north.  The most famous reminder that rarely doesn't mean never occurred on Sept. 21, 1938.  The Great New England Hurricane ranks as the sixth-costliest US hurricane (in constant dollars).  Ninety-nine people lost their lives in Massachusetts alone.  That the hurricane occurred during a full moon on the autumnal equinox made the storm surge especially devastating.  This Globe file photograph shows one result:  A fishing trawler deposited on the tracks of the New Haven Railroad in Stonington, Conn.  The derailed train behind the trawler hardly looks unusual by comparison.

Frankly, the train behind the trawler looks like it is not coming back to upright.

When I was young I got to walk in the eye of a hurricane, when we lived in South Jersey.  It was really interesting.  But, before and after, it was breaking branches and making a lot of noise and rain.

So, check the website of FEMA and see if there are some things you need to consider.

Regards  —  Cliff