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unc70

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1. I went through some of the worst of Hazel

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2024, 07:22 AM

Oct 15

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.

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On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 OP

I went through some of the worst of Hazel unc70 Oct 15 #1

I too was 6 oberle Oct 15 #2