I discovered a great news site on Yahoo that had quite a bit of information on early hurricanes today. So I thought that I would share some of it. This site, by the way is found at http://www.vdes.state.va.us/vahurr/va-hrr.htm On September 6, 1667, there was such a devastating hurricane in Virginia that the Chesabeake Bay "was said to have risen 12 feet. It is likely that this storm caused the widening of the Lynnhaven River." Rev. W. H. T. Squires wrote in his book "Norfolk in By-Gone Days" that "Jamestown saw 10,000 houses blown down...The hurricane blew for 24 hours with unexpected fury, forst from the northeast, then due north, thence to the west, and then southeast...It is said that planters who did not live in sight of the rivers found their farms flooded, and many were forced to seek protection on the roofs of their homes until the storm was over....The storm washed away the foundation of Fort George at Old Point Comfort. 12 days of rain was said to have followed this storm. October 19, 1749: "This tremendous hurricane washed up 800 acres of sand that now forms Willoughby Spit. The Chesapeake Bay...rose...an amazing 15 feet. Again Rev. Squired indicated "that the storm destoryed Fort George at Old Point Comfort, washing it almost entirely away. The Virginia general Assembly had tried in 1727 to strengthen it after the damage done by the 1667 hurricane." Another site: http://www.vdes.state.va.us/99hurr/history.htm lists the following: 1635 August 24--first historical reference to a major hurricane that could have affected the Virginia coast. 1667 September 6--[The one I just mentioned above" 1693 October 29---From the Royal Society of London:"There happened a most violent storm in Virginia which stopped the course of ancient channels and made some where there never were any." 1749 October 19--Tremendous hurricane. A sand spit of 800 acres was washed up and with the help of a hurricane in 1806 it became Willoughby Spit. The Bay rose 15 feet above normal. Major tropical storms causing significant damage in VA: September 1761; October 1761; September 1769; Sept. 1775; Oct. 1783; sept. 1785; July 1788. The Great Coastal Hurricane of 1806 was Aug. 23 One of the most violent hurricanes on record was 1821 Sept. 3 1846 Sept. 8--Hatteras and Oregon Inlets were formed [by hurricanes, evidently] etc. On Sept. 8, 1804, a hurricane did much damage to Norfolk. "Storm track took the eye just west of Norfolk as it veered to the northeast. The hurricane's storm surge killed 500 people when it made landfall in the Charleston, South Carolina Area. The storm of Sept. 3, 1821 was by far one of the most violent hurricanes on record. The eye passed over Norfolk and moved northeast along the New Jersey coast onto Long Island. There was another storm June 4, 1825; August 24-25, 1827; Sept. 8, 1846, August 25, 1851, etc. Barbara === Barbara Inman Beall, Ph.D. Professional Writer, Editor, Researcher Lancaster-Wormiston Press E-Mail: BIBeall@email.msn.com, BBeall43@yahoo.com Voice Mail: (303)556-5477 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 173, Broomfield, CO 80038-0173 Website: http://twigs-of-inman-spence.rootsweb.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com