Hurricane of 1938

September 21, 2012 by Ann Caldwell | Comments Off on Hurricane of 1938

Today, September 21, 2012, is the anniversary of the Great Hurricane of 1938 which struck New England, killing approximately 600 people and causing millions of dollars in damage.

As a typical New Englander who is obsessed with weather-watching, I was excited to find this recording of barometric pressure for the week of the hurricane among the items Digital Production Services has digitized for the Ladd Observatory. The enormous dip in the pressure occurred the day of the hurricane.

Although Brown was fortunate in that it did not experience the same level of devastation which hit much of the state, there was still damage. Here an automobile (can you identify it?) is crushed by one of the stately trees on the campus.