For the Massachusetterians

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?

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)
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"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

I was a year old and I can remember my parents years later talking about it.
I'm fairly familiar with Rt. 2 west of Greenfield, but I didn't recognize
anything, nor would I expect to. That shot could be of the Cold River that
borders Rt. 2 above Charlemont. I did see shots of Springfield. We lived in
the Hungry Hill section of the city, high above the Connecticut River. The
flood control dikes in West Springfield are still there and doing their job.
However, the North End of Springfield has suffered many floods because of lack
of dikes to control the water.

When I was a kid, the Connecticut was terribly polluted. Today it has been
cleaned up and people enjoy boating and swimming just north of Springfield.

irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote in
:

I was a year old and I can remember my parents years later talking
about it. I'm fairly familiar with Rt. 2 west of Greenfield, but I
didn't recognize anything, nor would I expect to.

I was more thinking east of I-91 just after the paper mill? You know
where the road runs very close to the road for about 2 or 3 miles?
Although now you say it, it could also be the Deerfield, as well as a
Cold River.

Gary M. writes:

I was more thinking east of I-91 just after the paper mill? You know
where the road runs very close to the road for about 2 or 3 miles?
Although now you say it, it could also be the Deerfield, as well as a
Cold River.

Hmmmm. I always thought of the Mowhawk Trail as being west of Greenfield
(I-91). If the shots *are* east of I-91, the river would probably me the
Miller.

Quag huh. There was one on a pond we stayed at in Maine when I was a kid. My
parents called it a floating island. At six years old, I was facinated with
it. What pond do you live on?

The oxbow? Used to flood lots during the early-mid 50s when I was in high
school.

Gary M. writes:

I was more thinking east of I-91 just after the paper mill? You know
where the road runs very close to the road for about 2 or 3 miles?
Although now you say it, it could also be the Deerfield, as well as a
Cold River.

Hmmmm. I always thought of the Mowhawk Trail as being west of Greenfield
(I-91). If the shots *are* east of I-91, the river would probably me the
Miller.

Quag huh. There was one on a pond we stayed at in Maine when I was a kid. My
parents called it a floating island. At six years old, I was facinated with
it. What pond do you live on?

The oxbow? Used to flood lots during the early-mid 50s when I was in high
school.

Gary M. writes:

I was more thinking east of I-91 just after the paper mill? You know
where the road runs very close to the road for about 2 or 3 miles?
Although now you say it, it could also be the Deerfield, as well as a
Cold River.

Hmmmm. I always thought of the Mowhawk Trail as being west of Greenfield
(I-91). If the shots *are* east of I-91, the river would probably me the
Miller.

Quag huh. There was one on a pond we stayed at in Maine when I was a kid. My
parents called it a floating island. At six years old, I was facinated with
it. What pond do you live on?

The oxbow? Used to flood lots during the early-mid 50s when I was in high
school.

irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote in
:

I was a year old and I can remember my parents years later talking
about it. I'm fairly familiar with Rt. 2 west of Greenfield, but I
didn't recognize anything, nor would I expect to.

I was more thinking east of I-91 just after the paper mill? You know
where the road runs very close to the road for about 2 or 3 miles?
Although now you say it, it could also be the Deerfield, as well as a
Cold River.

I was a year old and I can remember my parents years later talking about it.
I'm fairly familiar with Rt. 2 west of Greenfield, but I didn't recognize
anything, nor would I expect to. That shot could be of the Cold River that
borders Rt. 2 above Charlemont. I did see shots of Springfield. We lived in
the Hungry Hill section of the city, high above the Connecticut River. The
flood control dikes in West Springfield are still there and doing their job.
However, the North End of Springfield has suffered many floods because of lack
of dikes to control the water.

When I was a kid, the Connecticut was terribly polluted. Today it has been
cleaned up and people enjoy boating and swimming just north of Springfield.