Springfield, Massachusetts native and former public access television producer. I want to compliment on this fine, locally produced documentary. It was enjoyable to watch and crafted/edited properly. Excellent job!
So happy to find this! My mother, Beulah Mary Jagger, was 8 years old , living in her family home Westhampton Beach when the hurricane hit. Her father was the town doctor. I own her autographed copy of Everett. S Allen's book "A Wind to Shake the World". How I wish I had listened to hr stories better when I had the chance. From her experience of this storm, she handed down a life time of love of wild weather that now my children have inherited.
My mother recalled her father picking her up at school in a car the local grocery store used for making deliveries. He took as many neighborhood kids as he could. As they were driving, the trees were swaying and a large tree fell down right behind them. That's all she remembered except that the next day was the brightest, sunniest day she'd ever seen because so many trees had been uprooted and toppled.
I was born in Massachusetts in 1966. I endured some historical events in that time. I did nine years in the Army, been to most of the states, Europe and Southwest Asia and now live in Texas. I always embrace the wonderful accent that New Englanders have .
both my parents and grandparents had some amazing stories from living through this storm as it came through central Massachusetts. They never knew it was coming until it hit central MA, it stayed with them for their entire lives.
I live in the PNW and have never been to the East coast but I can not even begin to imagine living or experiencing something with that magnitude. Wow. Thank you for the history of this. It's just a matter of time before we get another storm like this one. Hopefully folks would heed the warning. Beautifully put together
My mother now aged 92 remembers this vividly. She was living in Boston, on a street that faced Boston Harbor. Her mother because so frightened of the rising harbor and winds, she took my mother, and her three other children to a relatives house several streets away from the harbor. My mom remembers roof tiles, chimney bricks flying off the houses, and even telephone poles falling as they made their way.
Had dozens of audtions, yet I found him as a somewhat obscure puppeteer at a local town fair - heard the voice and the rest was history. The late Henry G James.
My mother was 12 years old when this occured. She remembers having to get on the floor of her grandfather's car because it was in danger of tipping over on Long Island's Motor Parkway. Electric in her area of Suffolk County wasn't restored for five weeks, so it was a memorable event when it suddenly came on. She also remembers passing by a cemetery with unearthed coffins.
How fortunate we are to have a first hand experience of this event. The historic film is astounding. They certainly did speak at a s-l-o-w-e-r cadence when this documentary was created.
Thanks for uploading this important historical piece. My grandmother told stories about this awful storm, which came as a complete surprise - she was a young mother living in Mass., an hour above Hartford. In Westerly, RI, where we vacationed every summer, chilling stories persisted into mid-century. There but for the Grace of God ...
My grandfather was staying at a hotel in Hartford during the storm. He had photos of the flood below . Until seeing your coverage I had no idea how all encompassing that hurricane was. No wonder my family made such a big deal about that storm. Thank you for preserving this for us to see.
I was in a hurricane much more powerful than this one, while at sea, on a 400 ft Navy Destroyer. Our Keel was fractured and we flooded 5 forward compartments. We submarined through 100 ft storm surge, rogue waves. While stationed in Newport Rhode Island I had to wade into the ocean to rescue my car , in the eye of a Hurricane in 1972. The waters were calm and the ignition switch was about an inch or so above water. How damned lucky was I ? An F4 at sea took out our rudder. For the second time I heard our captain explain there was no chance of rescue. This was the second time I had been aboard a ship without a Rudder in hurricane conditions. I know this story intimately.
Yesterday I watched a video covering Superstorm Sandy in New York City, New Jersey and environs. Mainly featuring video content from bloggers, cell phone users and other nonprofessionally recorded content, much of it transmitted via social media when radio nand TV were knocked out, the point was made that Sandy was likely the first major storm to have garnered that level of amateur coverage. I'm awestruck by the historic on-site video and audio content featured here. Moreover, while I have seen many published photos of The Great Gale of 1938, as well as video elsewhere, virtually everything here I've not seen anywhere else before. Whether this was primarily professional newsreel video or whether local onlookers and hobbyists with their own cameras contributed, I applaud all who were able to archive this event for posterity. All proper acclaim to ML Baron for making this available!
My dad was in a boarding school outside of Boston. There was s huge oak tree in front they used to play on. He said that day the giant tree came down from the winds. They could not believe that anything could take down that hundreds year old tree! He said it made a huge impact....
I so love old docs like this. I wish more more would watch. Old saying comes to mind. Those who do not study history are condemn to repeat it. When will people learn? I absolutely loved the end with the meteorologist. Sandy came to mind. We need to spend money on trying to mitigate damage. Not to try to prevent it. AGW comes to mind. I do not deny AGW. I deny the amount of catastrophic events caused by it. I have great scientists that back me up on this.
Excellent documentary! I remember when I went Quahogging one day, walking into the shallow waters in Warwick, RI. . I saw various old steps from houses destroyed in this storm. . I'll never forget the feeling of sadness I felt, wondering what happened to the folks connected to these watery steps imbedded into this New England shoreline. (Psalm 91)
I had a 1937 Chevy it'd do 70mph wide open, it had a floor shift & a Radio. I bought it used for $50 dollars, it was a four door, black & looked brand new.
My grandmother told me all about it. Her son was 3. They sent him to Stoughton Massachusetts to his aunts. He remembers all he did was cry for momma. We can still see some effects today. In Sharon Mass.
Having spent 37 years living in South Florida it is unreal that people living in this area found themselves in the middle of a hurricane without warning.
I moved to Westerly in 2002 not know anything about the hurricane. But as I started walking around my neighborhood on the beach I realized something had happened since there were so many homes built on old foundations. That's when I learned about 1938. Wish I had seen this back then.
The hutticane of '38 was before my time but I was in the first grade for Hurricane Carol in 1954. We were expecting a storm but no warning of what was to befall us. I remember going to school and getting dismissed very early because of the weather. My grandfather worked at a machine shop and he got sent home in the early afternoon because o the storm. We lived on the first floor of a two family house on Saranac St in Dorchester. This was a tight area with mostly two and some three family houses with a lot of trees. Just as my grandfather came through the front door a large old maple vame down and smashed the front stairs. I was in the back hall watching trees getting whipped back and forth by the high winds and saw the roof of a three decker lift off and sail down to the street behind us. There were a huge number of trees down and it was made worse when a second gurricane hit ten tears later.. This was no where as bad as the storm of 1938 but those two storms caused a lot of damage in Boston and the coast.
Thank you very much for this historical perspective. I knew about the 1900 Galveston storm and Hurricane Hazel in 1954, but this 1938 storm was unfamiliar to me. I can't imagine what it would be like to encounter storm surge and 100-plus mile-per-hour winds with little to no warning. Utterly terrifying.
@@MLBaron According to another documentary, this hurricane was forced up the coast and ram into New England by two other weather systems that pushed it to 55 MPH. It was the fastest hurricane ever recorded: so fast, it was still at Category 1 when it hit Vermont. The wind gusts were estimated over 150 MPH. Geologists in Alaska actually picked up this storm on the Richter Scale, and thought an earthquake had hit Rhode Island!
The storm surge went all the way up the Suscawhana river and flooded all its tributaries. My grandfather told mr about it when I was about 10 years old.He said they had boats going up and down the road that we where looking at.
My father's parents drove to Westhampton beach the next day. Telephone poles tilted toward the ground and there were bodies tangled in wires at the top of them. My grandmother was particularly horrified that some of the bodies were naked; their clothes had been stripped off by the water. She felt it was a terrible indignity for the poor people who had died.
A. Hitchcock Thank You for sharing your family's memories. I always look for personal accounts, in the comment section of these types of videos, it adds another dimension to it.
This was very good and informative The ending was tastefully done A nice dedication to light house keeper and his wife Looks like the light hose could use some repair
A fascinating documentary, thank you so much for uploading. Interesting that 49 years later in 1987, here in the UK meteorologists were too late to warn the public of the hurricane speed winds that hit the south of the country. Hopefully, due to social media and advancing technology, increasingly more people will get advance warning of impending hostile weather. 🤞
It set off the Richter scale, that's how strong it was. The winds were doing 130 miles an hour at the Empire State Building and farmers in Vermont could smell salt in the air.
My grandmother lived south shore MA. About twenty miles of the coastline. She was a newly wed with two small sons. My grandfather was at work so it was up to her to board up the windows of their newly built house. Grandad came home early because he was seeing dirt devils in the field.
I went through Belle ,Gloria and Bob. I was happy they name a storm after me.🤦♂️. I worked for weeks cleaning up after Bob. 91. I live in Cape Cod. We got hit real good Gloria And especially Bob. Had alot of TS storms since but nothing like a Cat 2. Hate too see anything bigger. But if you prepare and know the limits. Hunker down. Regardless of damage. Boy it's a fun to experience. Mother nature is awesome.
23:36 that’s crazy, almost the same exact thing happened to another light house keeper during a typhoon on the other side of the world. he lost his whole family in the typhoon but he stayed manning the lighthouse. i wish i could remember the exact typhoon because he was pictured in the wiki article about the storm.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Technology advances unevenly but military technology usually seems to get priority. Storm prediction was obviously primitive in 1938. Most people only became aware of precision guided munitions during Desert Storm in 1991, but the US Army had a television-guided bomb under development in 1938.
I have a really quick question- what was that music you used at the very beginning when you showed the title/book? It sounded so familiar, and I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out what it is!
Prayer: "On the appearance of fearful natural events call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who heareth and seeth all, and say “Dominion is God’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation.” ~ Baha'u'llah
Thanks vid. I hadn't seen it before. The '38 hurricane had a profound influence on my family's life that remains even today. My grandfather was fairly affluent, but not rich, owning a small dragline company that did a lot of work in S. Florida from the 20's - 40's. Along with his horrifying experiences during the hurricane that hit S. Fla in the 20's, this '38 hurricane vindicated his decision NOT to take advantage of the chance to buy many acres of what is now prime Miami beachfront at a price so ridiculously low, even for the time, that I won't even mention it for fear of being called a liar. Despite the objections of my grandmother and everyone else he knew, he was so sure that Miami would be washed into oblivion by another hurricane that he wouldn't have taken S. Florida beachfront if it was free. This, of course, resulted in the fact that I didn't inherit a real estate fortune from my father, parlay it into billions and run for president because everyone assumed that I knew my ass from my elbow just because I had a lot of money and opinions and employed them both loudly.
I was similarly thwarted when my grandmother gave all her money to the church. I could have been on prime time television spewing my asinine comments there instead of here on TH-cam where people don't appreciate genius. I'm still hoping for adoption by a person of means. To that end I rent accommodation at the Humane Society kennel.
Oh I believe you. Similar thing here in Suffolk, Va and that waterfront property that was owned by my grandfather. I had to move back here after retirement just to reflect on this history...It makes me sad and strong at the same time...crazy right
Jo Rossi, that was a major purchase in those days that people would save for a year to buy, not unlike a personal computer in the early 1980s, which would have run $2,000 in 1980s dollars. When pocket calculators first came out they cost $100. Large chassis radios were made to be a major piece of parlor room furniture. Of course, some radios were more expensive than others and like calculators and computers, as time went by the cost of the technology decreased.
Too bad we can't have REAL journalists and just plain common folk like this/these old folks. That's when people had character. Good decent people. Today? Forget it.
Prayers- natural events: "Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation." "Is there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say Praise be god! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding." - Baha'i Prayers
"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring" (Luke 21:25, KJV).
1st 10 sec. has home . Best food in the world is right here ! . Fishin from here to the Cape Cod Cannel is " F in . a " . My house 2 blocks from Atlantic an it swings in this storms . I love N,B, !
Had this storm hit anywhere besides the most populous corridor in the US, I doubt that anyone would have made a documentary about it. Certainly, people died and great damage was done, but it didn't literally flatten the area like the Galveston storm of 1900- which still ranks as the # 1 natural disaster causing loss of life in the US. More than 6000 (!!) people lost their lives when it hit without warning on an island whose highest point was only 8 ft. above sea level; the whole city was under water during the storm surge and literally cut off from escape. It's amazing that ANYONE lived! What's sad is that most folks have never heard about this disaster. Had it been New York or Philly that lost this much life and property, it would be a different story.Check out "Isaac's Storm"- also on you tube- for a good documentary about this great unnamed killer and the lessons learned from it.
William Manchester (and others) in his book "The Glory and the Dream" believes that the '38 hurricane was largely forgotten or didn't make a great impression on peoples' memories is because it happened around the same time as the Munich crisis which might have meant WW2 a year sooner. Of course had it hit NYC we'd be hearing about every frigging year.
He is an older man so what if he smacks his lips. Just deal with it and listen to what he has to say. Just deal with it nobody is perfect.We all have flaws.
lots of important information there,,,good video,,,,Iam searching for ISAACS STORM of 1900 Im looking for the full documentury of it,,,,but cant find it,,,,all you tube has is clips,,,
it was very good and also a reminder that hurricanes big or small are nothing to fool with and mother nature can be as beautiful and ugly as she wants to be
Great documentary. A lot more people, a lot more development along these same coastlines. So when the next megastorm hits, expect worse damage. www.hamptons.com/Lifestyle/East-End-Heirlooms/13414/1938-Long-Island-Express-Hurricane-Could-It.html True that some people don't heed warnings. A woman took her dog for a walk on the beach in Montauk during last year's hurricane and her body was found miles west. And some people die because they won't evacuate, confident they can ride out a storm..
Sandy wasn't anywhere near the strength of that one, and look at the havoc it wreaked. The more technologically advanced a culture is, the more vulnerable it becomes in many ways. When was this documentary made? The only reason I ask is that the Thames Barrier and those in the Netherlands I suspect are larger and more sophisticated than the one mentioned here.
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Springfield, Massachusetts native and former public access television producer. I want to compliment on this fine, locally produced documentary. It was enjoyable to watch and crafted/edited properly. Excellent job!
Many thanks for the kind words!
So happy to find this! My mother, Beulah Mary Jagger, was 8 years old , living in her family home Westhampton Beach when the hurricane hit. Her father was the town doctor. I own her autographed copy of Everett. S Allen's book "A Wind to Shake the World". How I wish I had listened to hr stories better when I had the chance. From her experience of this storm, she handed down a life time of love of wild weather that now my children have inherited.
Thanks for sharing your special memories. Glad you enjoyed the video.
My mother recalled her father picking her up at school in a car the local grocery store used for making deliveries. He took as many neighborhood kids as he could. As they were driving, the trees were swaying and a large tree fell down right behind them. That's all she remembered except that the next day was the brightest, sunniest day she'd ever seen because so many trees had been uprooted and toppled.
I was born in Massachusetts in 1966. I endured some historical events in that time. I did nine years in the Army, been to most of the states, Europe and Southwest Asia and now live in Texas. I always embrace the wonderful accent that New Englanders have .
The voice telling the story is just captivating ... thank you for your version of this tragic story....
Thanks Barbara. We found him as a puppeteer at a small hometown fair, after a search and numerous auditions.
Thank you for your kind words. It's hard to believe I produced it 25 years ago.
both my parents and grandparents had some amazing stories from living through this storm as it came through central Massachusetts. They never knew it was coming until it hit central MA, it stayed with them for their entire lives.
I live in the PNW and have never been to the East coast but I can not even begin to imagine living or experiencing something with that magnitude. Wow. Thank you for the history of this. It's just a matter of time before we get another storm like this one. Hopefully folks would heed the warning. Beautifully put together
Thanks Lynne!
My mother now aged 92 remembers this vividly. She was living in Boston, on a street that faced Boston Harbor. Her mother because so frightened of the rising harbor and winds, she took my mother, and her three other children to a relatives house several streets away from the harbor. My mom remembers roof tiles, chimney bricks flying off the houses, and even telephone poles falling as they made their way.
Thanks for sharing your great recollection from your Mom!
Blessed to have her that long.
The New Bedford and Fairhaven history is fascinating. I live here and am amazed by it.
Beautiful documentary. Just compelling. The guy you got to narrate is just amazing.
Had dozens of audtions, yet I found him as a somewhat obscure puppeteer at a local town fair - heard the voice and the rest was history. The late Henry G James.
God bless you ML Baron for your great work in preserving and helping us to remember such important history. Thank you over and over again.
Thank You for your very kind words. Glad you enjoyed the documentary!
Love storm history docs,this one is awesome!
My mother was 12 years old when this occured. She remembers having to get on the floor of her grandfather's car because it was in danger of tipping over on Long Island's Motor Parkway. Electric in her area of Suffolk County wasn't restored for five weeks, so it was a memorable event when it suddenly came on. She also remembers passing by a cemetery with unearthed coffins.
Thank You for contributing your mother's recollections!
Marie Katherine
How fortunate we are to have a first hand experience of this event. The historic film is astounding. They certainly did speak at a s-l-o-w-e-r cadence when this documentary was created.
Thanks for uploading this important historical piece.
My grandmother told stories about this awful storm, which came as a complete surprise - she was a young mother living in Mass., an hour above Hartford. In Westerly, RI, where we vacationed every summer, chilling stories persisted into mid-century. There but for the Grace of God ...
My grandfather was staying at a hotel in Hartford during the storm. He had photos of the flood below . Until seeing your coverage I had no idea how all encompassing that hurricane was. No wonder my family made such a big deal about that storm. Thank you for preserving this for us to see.
I was in a hurricane much more powerful than this one, while at sea, on a 400 ft Navy Destroyer. Our Keel was fractured and we flooded 5 forward compartments. We submarined through 100 ft storm surge, rogue waves. While stationed in Newport Rhode Island I had to wade into the ocean to rescue my car , in the eye of a Hurricane in 1972. The waters were calm and the ignition switch was about an inch or so above water. How damned lucky was I ? An F4 at sea took out our rudder. For the second time I heard our captain explain there was no chance of rescue. This was the second time I had been aboard a ship without a Rudder in hurricane conditions. I know this story intimately.
no rudder ? I bet you guys did a fair bit of praying
Cannot imagine. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Lucky dog
Yesterday I watched a video covering Superstorm Sandy in New York City, New Jersey and environs. Mainly featuring video content from bloggers, cell phone users and other nonprofessionally recorded content, much of it transmitted via social media when radio nand TV were knocked out, the point was made that Sandy was likely the first major storm to have garnered that level of amateur coverage. I'm awestruck by the historic on-site video and audio content featured here. Moreover, while I have seen many published photos of The Great Gale of 1938, as well as video elsewhere, virtually everything here I've not seen anywhere else before. Whether this was primarily professional newsreel video or whether local onlookers and hobbyists with their own cameras contributed, I applaud all who were able to archive this event for posterity. All proper acclaim to ML Baron for making this available!
Thank you Don, your comments and compliments are greatly appreciated!
My dad was in a boarding school outside of Boston. There was s huge oak tree in front they used to play on. He said that day the giant tree came down from the winds. They could not believe that anything could take down that hundreds year old tree! He said it made a huge impact....
Thanks for sharing your nice story!
I so love old docs like this. I wish more more would watch. Old saying comes to mind. Those who do not study history are condemn to repeat it. When will people learn? I absolutely loved the end with the meteorologist. Sandy came to mind. We need to spend money on trying to mitigate damage. Not to try to prevent it. AGW comes to mind. I do not deny AGW. I deny the amount of catastrophic events caused by it. I have great scientists that back me up on this.
Thanks for your comments. Great insights!
Excellent documentary! I remember when I went Quahogging one day, walking into the shallow waters in Warwick, RI.
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I saw various old steps from houses destroyed in this storm.
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I'll never forget the feeling of sadness I felt, wondering what happened to the folks connected to these watery steps imbedded into this New England shoreline. (Psalm 91)
I had a 1937 Chevy it'd do 70mph wide open, it had a floor shift & a Radio. I bought it used for $50 dollars, it was a four door, black & looked brand new.
My grandmother told me all about it. Her son was 3. They sent him to Stoughton Massachusetts to his aunts. He remembers all he did was cry for momma. We can still see some effects today. In Sharon Mass.
Thanks for your recollections!
Having spent 37 years living in South Florida it is unreal that people living in this area found themselves in the middle of a hurricane without warning.
This film is a great documentation of the most savage storm ever to ravage the U. S. coast. It is a warning notice, which we must all respect.
I moved to Westerly in 2002 not know anything about the hurricane. But as I started walking around my neighborhood on the beach I realized something had happened since there were so many homes built on old foundations. That's when I learned about 1938. Wish I had seen this back then.
I wish to thank you for sharing this Historical video with me .
YW
That is the year that I was born. My parents told me how they survived the hurricane. Thanks for sharing.
YW Angie - Glad you enjoyed the video.
My mother was born on September 23rd, 1938 in Newark NJ. While watching this we both were both startled by this coincidence.
Dang you are old. I wanna hear some of the stories you have. And your parents (when they were alive).
Tyvm for sharing. Glad they lived
@@tvold9204 "dang you are old" really dude?? Smh
Everett S Allan died just 2 years after this documentary was released.
The hutticane of '38 was before my time but I was in the first grade for Hurricane Carol in 1954. We were expecting a storm but no warning of what was to befall us. I remember going to school and getting dismissed very early because of the weather. My grandfather worked at a machine shop and he got sent home in the early afternoon because o the storm. We lived on the first floor of a two family house on Saranac St in Dorchester. This was a tight area with mostly two and some three family houses with a lot of trees.
Just as my grandfather came through the front door a large old maple vame down and smashed the front stairs. I was in the back hall watching trees getting whipped back and forth by the high winds and saw the roof of a three decker lift off and sail down to the street behind us. There were a huge number of trees down and it was made worse when a second gurricane hit ten tears later..
This was no where as bad as the storm of 1938 but those two storms caused a lot of damage in Boston and the coast.
Thanks for your recollections!
Thank you very much for this historical perspective. I knew about the 1900 Galveston storm and Hurricane Hazel in 1954, but this 1938 storm was unfamiliar to me. I can't imagine what it would be like to encounter storm surge and 100-plus mile-per-hour winds with little to no warning. Utterly terrifying.
Well said.
@@MLBaron According to another documentary, this hurricane was forced up the coast and ram into New England by two other weather systems that pushed it to 55 MPH. It was the fastest hurricane ever recorded: so fast, it was still at Category 1 when it hit Vermont. The wind gusts were estimated over 150 MPH. Geologists in Alaska actually picked up this storm on the Richter Scale, and thought an earthquake had hit Rhode Island!
The storm surge went all the way up the Suscawhana river and flooded all its tributaries. My grandfather told mr about it when I was about 10 years old.He said they had boats going up and down the road that we where looking at.
Thanks for your recollections!
Thanks. I saw this video about twenty years ago and loved it. Thanks for sharing with all of us. It is much appreciated.
My father's parents drove to Westhampton beach the next day. Telephone poles tilted toward the ground and there were bodies tangled in wires at the top of them. My grandmother was particularly horrified that some of the bodies were naked; their clothes had been stripped off by the water. She felt it was a terrible indignity for the poor people who had died.
A. Hitchcock Thank You for sharing your family's memories. I always look for personal accounts, in the comment section of these types of videos, it adds another dimension to it.
The 'Wake of 38' was an outstanding documentary about this hurricane as well...
This was very good and informative
The ending was tastefully done
A nice dedication to light house keeper and his wife
Looks like the light hose could use some repair
My Grandma was a young lady in Old Saybrook, Conn. in 1938. She told me it was frightening as hell.
Lots of wisdom here. Quite a moving film.
what a great doc ! thank you !!
Glad you enjoyed it.
I had never seen this before, thank you! I have the book; it's one of my favorites.
Best documentary I've seen about this catastrophe. Thank you for the upload!
Glad you enjoyed it Karen!
A fascinating documentary, thank you so much for uploading. Interesting that 49 years later in 1987, here in the UK meteorologists were too late to warn the public of the hurricane speed winds that hit the south of the country. Hopefully, due to social media and advancing technology, increasingly more people will get advance warning of impending hostile weather. 🤞
This is a wonderfully put together documentary.
Thank You Brenda!
This is an excellent documentary.
Thank You Sir.
It set off the Richter scale, that's how strong it was. The winds were doing 130 miles an hour at the Empire State Building and farmers in Vermont could smell salt in the air.
Everett S Allen 1916-1990 Hurricane was his first day on the job as I believe they just said. Most interesting!
Excellent documentary.
Thank You Roxanne!
Thanks for uploading.
My grandmother lived south shore MA. About twenty miles of the coastline. She was a newly wed with two small sons. My grandfather was at work so it was up to her to board up the windows of their newly built house. Grandad came home early because he was seeing dirt devils in the field.
Thanks for your great recollections and story.
Amazing documentary, a must see. (the great hurricane(Gail) of 1938) Incredible.
Thanks Mike!
Brilliant documentary. 👍✌️🇦🇺
THANKS Bev!
Excellent documentary; A great video companion to the book of the same name, which I have.
Glad you enjoyed the documentary. Thanks.
I went through Belle ,Gloria and Bob. I was happy they name a storm after me.🤦♂️. I worked for weeks cleaning up after Bob. 91. I live in Cape Cod. We got hit real good Gloria And especially Bob. Had alot of TS storms since but nothing like a Cat 2. Hate too see anything bigger. But if you prepare and know the limits. Hunker down. Regardless of damage. Boy it's a fun to experience. Mother nature is awesome.
The name Bob, retired for good.
Boy, people sure knew how to have fun back then!❤
The name of the song is " "Heart and Soul" originally produced in 1938.
23:36 that’s crazy, almost the same exact thing happened to another light house keeper during a typhoon on the other side of the world. he lost his whole family in the typhoon but he stayed manning the lighthouse. i wish i could remember the exact typhoon because he was pictured in the wiki article about the storm.
My mother was six years old. The house was lost in the storm
Great footage!gonna find the book!
Great Upload...👍👍
Thanks!
Fantastic! One sour remark on typical journalism though: Navy destroyers of 440 tons? BULL!
@14:40, I like that part. His father just knew he had died, but there he was.
Very well done thank you, have you ever thought of doing the 1954 storm hitting R.I ??
We've thought about it.
Good documentary. Wish the pace of the narration weren’t so terribly slow.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
@2:11 Great Grandma! What were you doing back in the day?
Hurricane Michael brought me here.
Skipper of Sankaty Head, 55 foot scalloper, Louis Doucette and two of the crew, recount the storm 11:15
Technology advances unevenly but military technology usually seems to get priority. Storm prediction was obviously primitive in 1938. Most people only became aware of precision guided munitions during Desert Storm in 1991, but the US Army had a television-guided bomb under development in 1938.
Now that was one hell of a captain.
think about the time when this piece was on the TV. now think about Katrina. What else can you say.
This storm blew down the large white steeple of the famous Old North Church in Boston (one if by land, two if by sea. . . ).
Interesing to watch as America is just a month shy of a ten year period of not one major hurricane making landfall, which is a record in itself.
jordapen 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
jordapen - Harvey.
Harvey, Irma, Maria (in PR), and the worst one, Michael!
2:30 I think that lady wanted the man to put her back down.
Read this book. Read it if you can find it.
I have a really quick question- what was that music you used at the very beginning when you showed the title/book? It sounded so familiar, and I'm wracking my brain trying to figure out what it is!
if this was to day it wouldhave beenblamed on climet change God bless those souls
Prayer: "On the appearance of fearful natural events call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who heareth and seeth all, and say “Dominion is God’s, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation.” ~ Baha'u'llah
Thanks vid. I hadn't seen it before. The '38 hurricane had a profound influence on my family's life that remains even today. My grandfather was fairly affluent, but not rich, owning a small dragline company that did a lot of work in S. Florida from the 20's - 40's. Along with his horrifying experiences during the hurricane that hit S. Fla in the 20's, this '38 hurricane vindicated his decision NOT to take advantage of the chance to buy many acres of what is now prime Miami beachfront at a price so ridiculously low, even for the time, that I won't even mention it for fear of being called a liar. Despite the objections of my grandmother and everyone else he knew, he was so sure that Miami would be washed into oblivion by another hurricane that he wouldn't have taken S. Florida beachfront if it was free. This, of course, resulted in the fact that I didn't inherit a real estate fortune from my father, parlay it into billions and run for president because everyone assumed that I knew my ass from my elbow just because I had a lot of money and opinions and employed them both loudly.
RVapes Thanks for your comments!
I was similarly thwarted when my grandmother gave all her money to the church. I could have been on prime time television spewing my asinine comments there instead of here on TH-cam where people don't appreciate genius. I'm still hoping for adoption by a person of means. To that end I rent accommodation at the Humane Society kennel.
Oh I believe you. Similar thing here in Suffolk, Va and that waterfront property that was owned by my grandfather. I had to move back here after retirement just to reflect on this history...It makes me sad and strong at the same time...crazy right
$54.95 for a radio!! at 25 cents an hour, that was pretty high
Jo Rossi, that was a major purchase in those days that people would save for a year to buy, not unlike a personal computer in the early 1980s, which would have run $2,000 in 1980s dollars. When pocket calculators first came out they cost $100. Large chassis radios were made to be a major piece of parlor room furniture. Of course, some radios were more expensive than others and like calculators and computers, as time went by the cost of the technology decreased.
20 years later....
Too bad we can't have REAL journalists and just plain common folk like this/these old folks. That's when people had character. Good decent people. Today? Forget it.
Well said.
Could happen again.
In 1988, the $400 million cost was equivalent to 3 Billion. However, now that would be $8 Billion in 2023. 8 Billion.
Us this available on dvd?
Are there any documentaries of the town of Weare N.H. hurricane and flood of 1938?
not that I know of.
If that hurricane isn't ranked among the top 10 deadliest of all-time, someone needs to be fired from editing.
Prayers- natural events: "Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation." "Is there any Remover of difficulties save God? Say Praise be god! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding." - Baha'i Prayers
"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring" (Luke 21:25, KJV).
43:30 Hurricane Sandy says hi!
1st 10 sec. has home . Best food in the world is right here ! . Fishin from here to the Cape Cod Cannel is " F in . a " . My house 2 blocks from Atlantic an it swings in this storms . I love N,B, !
Had this storm hit anywhere besides the most populous corridor in the US, I doubt that anyone would have made a documentary about it. Certainly, people died and great damage was done, but it didn't literally flatten the area like the Galveston storm of 1900- which still ranks as the # 1 natural disaster causing loss of life in the US. More than 6000 (!!) people lost their lives when it hit without warning on an island whose highest point was only 8 ft. above sea level; the whole city was under water during the storm surge and literally cut off from escape. It's amazing that ANYONE lived! What's sad is that most folks have never heard about this disaster. Had it been New York or Philly that lost this much life and property, it would be a different story.Check out "Isaac's Storm"- also on you tube- for a good documentary about this great unnamed killer and the lessons learned from it.
The Weather Bureau also messed up big time and I think the Government wanted this storm to just GO AWAY.
William Manchester (and others) in his book "The Glory and the Dream" believes that the '38 hurricane was largely forgotten or didn't make a great impression on peoples' memories is because it happened around the same time as the Munich crisis which might have meant WW2 a year sooner. Of course had it hit NYC we'd be hearing about every frigging year.
He is an older man so what if he smacks his lips. Just deal with it and listen to what he has to say. Just deal with it nobody is perfect.We all have flaws.
What's the name of the song that starts playing at 2:00 minutes?
That is “Heart and Soul.”
lots of important information there,,,good video,,,,Iam searching for ISAACS STORM of 1900 Im looking for the full documentury of it,,,,but cant find it,,,,all you tube has is clips,,,
what year was this documenrty made?
1988 as noted in the credits and video description.
ok thank you
YW Hope you liked it.
it was very good and also a reminder that hurricanes big or small are nothing to fool with
and mother nature can be as beautiful and ugly as she wants to be
Great documentary. A lot more people, a lot more development along these same coastlines. So when the next megastorm hits, expect worse damage.
www.hamptons.com/Lifestyle/East-End-Heirlooms/13414/1938-Long-Island-Express-Hurricane-Could-It.html
True that some people don't heed warnings. A woman took her dog for a walk on the beach in Montauk during last year's hurricane and her body was found miles west.
And some people die because they won't evacuate, confident they can ride out a storm..
vivaloriflamme Thanks for your comments!
lol 43 - 44 their not going to believe me there going to be out surfing lol
2 hours warning 😮!
This is interesting but the way that Mr Allen keeps smacking his lips is driving me nuts.
He is out by the water-SALTY air, don-cha know.
Nobody Special sometimes some medications make ones mouth dry.
same here,very distracting but made me chuckle too,lol! iza drivina mi creeezy!
surrounded by water and nothing for his parched mouth
Suppose you would parser a computer voice
Sandy wasn't anywhere near the strength of that one, and look at the havoc it wreaked. The more technologically advanced a culture is, the more vulnerable it becomes in many ways. When was this documentary made? The only reason I ask is that the Thames Barrier and those in the Netherlands I suspect are larger and more sophisticated than the one mentioned here.
The notes below the title are interesting, and include that the film was copyrighted in 1988.