For the Massachusetterians

"Tim J." wrote in
:

Very interesting stuff. PBS (WGBY) just did a special on the
floods of '36 a few months ago. The building I'm located in was in
about six feet of water, and we're FAR away from nearest natural
water, the Connecticut River.

Nice pictures, Tim. A view of the Oxbow from Mt. Holyoke would have
been interesting too, from the same perspective as Thomas Cole's
painting. Or would that be the 3rd on down on the far right?

The pond I am fortunate to live on is supposed to support the only
floating 'quag' (colloquial usage?) in MA . This massive, living
structure was moved about 500 yds during the '38 'cane! It has not
moved since, though some unscruplulous residents have sliced chunks
away to get their frontage back, only to be forced by the state to
tie them back on again. Nice bass fishing in and around it and the
colors presently are outstanding.

"Tim J." wrote in
:

Very interesting stuff. PBS (WGBY) just did a special on the
floods of '36 a few months ago. The building I'm located in was in
about six feet of water, and we're FAR away from nearest natural
water, the Connecticut River.

Nice pictures, Tim. A view of the Oxbow from Mt. Holyoke would have
been interesting too, from the same perspective as Thomas Cole's
painting. Or would that be the 3rd on down on the far right?

The pond I am fortunate to live on is supposed to support the only
floating 'quag' (colloquial usage?) in MA . This massive, living
structure was moved about 500 yds during the '38 'cane! It has not
moved since, though some unscruplulous residents have sliced chunks
away to get their frontage back, only to be forced by the state to
tie them back on again. Nice bass fishing in and around it and the
colors presently are outstanding.

"Tim J." wrote in message
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GaryM wrote:
I just received this link which points to an old newsreel covering
the Hurricane of '38 (35MB for the DivX version, but worth it IMO):

Very interesting stuff. PBS (WGBY) just did a special on the floods of
'36 a few months ago. The building I'm located in was in about six feet
of water, and we're FAR away from nearest natural water, the Connecticut
River.

http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/flood/ (check out the photo gallery)


Nice pics! Check out the beautiful (now incredibly rare) Whitesell being
oared in the picture from Elm and Central Streets in Springfield. The
trademark for those boats was that the transom was out of the water.

--riverman

GaryM wrote:
I just received this link which points to an old newsreel covering
the Hurricane of '38 (35MB for the DivX version, but worth it IMO):


http://www.archive.org/movies/detail...ectionid=37350

Towards the end there is a section where you see what is described
as a section of road on the Mohawk Trail. The remains of the road
are being bulldozed into the river. I am fairly sure it is Route 2
and I now I know why that strectch is so freaking rocky!!! Can some
of you MA lifers confirm?

Yes, the Mohawk Trail is now Route 2 (don't know when they started calling
it Route 2). The whole Connecticut Valley was affected by that hurricane.
My father and his brother lived just above the Chicopee Falls. When the
bridge was washed out, they 'borrowed' a rowboat from a neighbor and ran a
ferry for several weeks.

Th--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

GaryM wrote:
I just received this link which points to an old newsreel covering
the Hurricane of '38 (35MB for the DivX version, but worth it IMO):

Very interesting stuff. PBS (WGBY) just did a special on the floods of
'36 a few months ago. The building I'm located in was in about six feet
of water, and we're FAR away from nearest natural water, the Connecticut
River.

http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/flood/ (check out the photo gallery)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

GaryM wrote:
I just received this link which points to an old newsreel covering
the Hurricane of '38 (35MB for the DivX version, but worth it IMO):

Very interesting stuff. PBS (WGBY) just did a special on the floods of
'36 a few months ago. The building I'm located in was in about six feet
of water, and we're FAR away from nearest natural water, the Connecticut
River.

http://www.wgby.org/localprograms/flood/ (check out the photo gallery)
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

GaryM wrote:
I just received this link which points to an old newsreel covering
the Hurricane of '38 (35MB for the DivX version, but worth it IMO):


http://www.archive.org/movies/detail...ectionid=37350

Towards the end there is a section where you see what is described
as a section of road on the Mohawk Trail. The remains of the road
are being bulldozed into the river. I am fairly sure it is Route 2
and I now I know why that strectch is so freaking rocky!!! Can some
of you MA lifers confirm?

Yes, the Mohawk Trail is now Route 2 (don't know when they started calling
it Route 2). The whole Connecticut Valley was affected by that hurricane.
My father and his brother lived just above the Chicopee Falls. When the
bridge was washed out, they 'borrowed' a rowboat from a neighbor and ran a
ferry for several weeks.

Th--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps