On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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I was around for Hurricane Hazel.

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• 1954 – Hurricane Hazel (flooding pictured) made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.


Hurricane Hazel flooding

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• 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

Sun Oct 15, 2023: On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas.

Sat Oct 15, 2022: On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas.

[unc70]

1. I went through some of the worst of Hazel

I grew up several miles inland just up the coast from the eye. It was the first major hurricane I remember hitting us. I was almost six. Wind gusts of 120 mph recorded near by. All the typical destruction, roads washed out, no electricity for days, etc. And my poor mother was nine months pregnant.

[oberle]

2. I too was 6

I remember it being a great lark. I grew up in Maryland, and we were without power for several days also. There were a few restaurants open, including a Frisches Big Boy. Prior to that, we never went out to eat. I thought the whole thing was great because we got to go there a couple times, and it was dark in our house.