On March 24th, 2002, your local PBS station will be running this: [Chances are it will be 9pm eastcoast as its Boston based ...] This is the great Hurricane of 1938 that did so much Damage *so far inland* I remember my folks and grandfather telling about it destroying the peach/apple orchards on the Mohawk Trail - in searching found this reference to Springfield.. http://pbs.org/amex/hurricane38/ >>September 21: A devastating hurricane drives through the northeastern United States. Residents are unprepared for the storm and the flooding it brings. Over 600 people are killed, most by drowning. Another hundred are never found. Property damage is estimated at $300 million -- over 8,000 homes are destroyed, 6,000 boats wrecked or damaged. Yet the hurricane does not receive much media attention; Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Adolf Hitler in Europe dominates headlines before and after the storm.<< OR -- go direct to this which has great historical related info along with a map of the path this destruction occurred.. Amazing.. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hurricane38/maps/index.html It could be during this that many family records were destroyed. >>The storm traveled almost directly northward up the Connecticut River Valley, dumping copious amounts of rain especially to the westward of its track. << There is also a 'timeline' of many storms - broken into 2 1635-1935 and 1938-1996 You can get more www.pbs.org and read so much more http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hurricane38/peopleevents/e_aftermath.html [PBS Previews is a publication of PBS Online. Reproduction is permitted with proper credit given to PBS Online. PBS, PBS Previews, PBS Online, and shopPBS are registered trademarks of the Public Broadcasting Service. Copyright 2002] I sub to this Preview list offer - well worth it - once a week Previews in text...