Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
R.A. Scotti talked about her book, Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, published by Little Brown and Company. She described the hurrica… read more
R.A. Scotti talked about her book, Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, published by Little Brown and Company. She described the hurricane that killed 682 people and severely injured 1,754 on September 21, 1938 in New England. The controversy caused by the lack of warning for this storm led to a drastic revisions in the national weather service. She showed a contemporaneous black-and-white movie of the coastal damage. She also answered questions from audience members. close
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