tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post8549830836604228044..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: The Great Storm of 1933 - Part IChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-89775359698491375502009-10-23T20:51:15.969-04:002009-10-23T20:51:15.969-04:00i am in awe of that shot!
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ps lets se...i am in awe of that shot!<br /><><<br /><br />ps lets see in 1933 i was how old?Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08886045805509904850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-74641704979565234722009-10-21T18:47:52.426-04:002009-10-21T18:47:52.426-04:00That may be my favorite EVER of your photos, Cheek...That may be my favorite EVER of your photos, Cheeky. Breathtaking.<br /><br />The Alaska earthquake of 1964 spawned four tsunamis that hit the tiny California coastal town of Crescent City, just below Oregon. My mom's family are from that general area, and I grew up hearing about the people who went down to the bridge to watch the tsunami. The bridge didn't make it, and 11 people died, though local accounts say more died.<br /><br />At 100 miles inland we don't have tsunamis or typhoons, just floods and wildfires.fooleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437690389824744691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-39941521937187119232009-10-21T14:05:17.096-04:002009-10-21T14:05:17.096-04:00The boat that I got named after.. The Ellen Marie....The boat that I got named after.. The Ellen Marie.. i will have to dig out the photo of her up in the woods where the '33 storm left her. It still hurts to look at the photo even though they got her out and fixed her up just fine. <br /><br />Waterman's Wife... granddaughter and greatgrandaughter heheheheheAnn Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106387742803005341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-82030818307819599112009-10-21T12:15:45.096-04:002009-10-21T12:15:45.096-04:00I am on the phone with Anonymous Mathews Mother wh...I am on the phone with Anonymous Mathews Mother who was 1 year old at that time. She obviously has no memories, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have stories....<br /><br />I'll see if she's willing to share!<br /><br />AMNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-59273157118148337702009-10-21T10:26:27.544-04:002009-10-21T10:26:27.544-04:00We had Gloria in 1985 and Floyd in 1999. I had wh...We had Gloria in 1985 and Floyd in 1999. I had whitecaps in my front yard with good ol' Floyd. But not in the house, thankfully. Then we moved to higher ground a few years later. I think my red brick house in Mathews County could stand up well ina storm....Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-52232304998357192032009-10-21T10:00:44.873-04:002009-10-21T10:00:44.873-04:00a beautiful capture.
don't have any storm stor...a beautiful capture.<br />don't have any storm stories to share though. enjoyed your post.The Good Life in Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08746586301175996501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-77804244327736442112009-10-21T09:11:45.203-04:002009-10-21T09:11:45.203-04:00I was a little girl when Agnes caused flooding in ...I was a little girl when Agnes caused flooding in central PA. We drove to some of the flood areas and took photos. Will have to dig 'em out and post 'em.Meg McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226110990838922422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-91969370568601481922009-10-21T06:14:31.841-04:002009-10-21T06:14:31.841-04:00I agree with Annie, this photo is absolutely exqui...I agree with Annie, this photo is absolutely exquisite.<br /><br />As for weather, when I was in my twenties, England, best known for its drizzle, decided to have a couple of mini hurricanes. The first one wiped out a third of all trees in the country, but I was somewhere safe. The second one found me stranded at work, and I had to walk home through an empty city, with roof tiles and tree branches whizzing through the air. It was weird and I find it hard to believe now that I was so stupid.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-11470751724820338732009-10-21T01:33:10.332-04:002009-10-21T01:33:10.332-04:00by the way..
that photo and the one below rank in...by the way..<br /><br />that photo and the one below rank in some of your all time best photos...!!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698343129217681652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-42900569491642202802009-10-21T00:21:18.776-04:002009-10-21T00:21:18.776-04:00Well, I guess will be many who have stories..
198...Well, I guess will be many who have stories..<br /><br />1983 stands out in my memory here, as we were visiting my husband's parents property on the Darling Downs..for a couple of birthday celebrations..(having flown down fromn Darwin, and skidded 5 hours out to the farm in the wet).<br /><br />There were a party of more than 20 of us camped out there for the rest of the week as we couldn't get back home through the floodwaters. Some bright sparks who wanted to get back to work, got a lift to the next town and caught the train back! Helicopter food drops at the local school were necessary. My husband organized all the spare men on the place to re-roof the old barn. Not one to sit around and watch so many people do nothing for a week on a farm!!<br /><br />The floods of 1974 in Brisbane were also devasting...your ten inches a day for 10 days reminded me of the buckets of rain that fell from the sky for weeks, before the river finally flooded...worst flood in living memory for most people...previous worst was 1893 when a similar event happened. We were lucky that our house was high on a ridge at the time, and unaffected...there were many not so fortunate.<br /><br />We had moved to Darwin a few years after the very bad cyclone Tracy that devastated the place on Christmas Day in 1974, I think it was. We did sit out a smaller couple of cyclones there after that, but was sure glad there wasn't another Tracy!<br /><br />And I am sorta glad the cyclones don't usually come too far down the Queensland coast and worry us too much here. Though it is still theoretically possible!!<br /><br />wv "dissiti"...a short dissertation?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698343129217681652noreply@blogger.com