DEVASTATION ON THE DELAWARE Stories and Images of the Deadly Flood of 1955 eBook Mary A Shafer
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60th Anniversary Edition! The only definitive documentary of this tragic event along one of the country's most beautiful rivers.
August 18-20, 1955 Three terrifying days and nights still remembered with awe in the Delaware River valley. Record-breaking rainfall from hurricanes Connie and Diane abruptly ended a withering drought, but the relief was short-lived. It was soon overshadowed by terror and destruction that tore away bridges and ripped houses from their foundations.
From the river's headwaters in the Catskills and through the Poconos, excessive runoff surged down steep slopes and through valleys on both sides of the river. Tributaries swelled unbelievably, some rising thirty feet in fifteen minutes. Eventually, they all poured into the Delaware, transforming the usually placid waters into a raging, uncontrollable beast.
Mountain resorts were inundated, leaving cars upended in swimming pools. Entire summer camps were washed away. More than 400 children were evacuated by helicopter from island camps in a tense, unprecedented operation.
In the end, nearly a hundred people were dead and hundreds more homeless. Dozens were missing, some ripped--still sleeping--from their beds in the middle of the night. Victims'’ bodies were still being recovered thirty years later -- some were never found.
Devastation on the Delaware follows the true stories of survivors and eyewitnesses to bring these events to chilling life. 125 historical photos and 32 maps and diagrams illustrate this narrative nonfiction account of a tragic event that changed life in the Delaware Valley forever.
DEVASTATION ON THE DELAWARE Stories and Images of the Deadly Flood of 1955 eBook Mary A Shafer
Wonderful book, well written with lots of interesting accounts and photos. It's a fascinating and terrifying historical account of the Hurricane Connie and Diane floods in August of 1955. It's particularly interesting to me because I work in the Musconetcong River Watershed and have witnessed a couple of serious floods along the Musky and Delaware Rivers over the past 10 years. I am very familiar with most of the locales referenced in this book and have seen some of those areas in flood stage. Of course, back in 1955 the National Weather Service existed, but there were none modern weather forecasting tools that we have today. Also, communications back then were very limited. There was no good way to notify all the citizens that they were in harms way. It was an epic tragedy that many people along the river still remember today. Everyone needs to keep in mind that floods of this magnitude can and will happen again and all people who live in and around the Delaware Watershed need to kown this will happen again.Product details
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DEVASTATION ON THE DELAWARE Stories and Images of the Deadly Flood of 1955 eBook Mary A Shafer Reviews
A most fascinating and informative book about the tragedy that struck Eastern Pennsylvania in 1955. It reads more as a non-fiction novel than a historical recounting of the disaster. Mary Shafer did a masterful job of intertwining historical facts with tales of human tragedy and heroism. It was obvious Shafer did an inordinate amount of research to insure the historical accuracy of this book. I was a 7 year living in Tobyhanna during this time, but was in North Carolina, where Connie and Diane came ashore, but I remember seeing the devastation when we returned. Reading Shafer's book put a lot of things into perspective I always wondered about. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about this horrible flood. I started reading it and could not put it down. Stayed up until 4AM to finish it.
I lived through these storms as a child in the Poconos on vacation. The devastation I remember in Paradise Falls, PA was less than that which occurred in other areas of the Poconos. The story is compelling and it's a "can't put down" history.
One thing I didn't understand is why the book was written in the present tense, when it deals with the past. Just a foible of the author, I suppose, but it seemed silly and detracted from an otherwise beautifully written history.
For anyone that has lived in, vacationed in, drove through or just know of The Pocono Mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania and the Delaware River that runs through it this book is a must read, especially for all of you that walked in the waters of the Flood of ’55 like my family and I did as my Dad led us to higher ground before it was too late, and saved our lives! Some of you experienced it up close and personal as we did on Lincoln Avenue in East Stroudsburg while others witnessed it from a distance. Others of you may not have been there but you know someone that was and they told you about their experiences. To all of you I say pick up a copy of this book and be prepared to be riveted to it’s stories, some of which you will relate to and others you will finally grasp the magnitude of the horror that others went through when the Delaware ravaged our homes changing our lives forever.
When this flood happened, I was ten and living on Grove St., in East Stroudsburg. My brother volunteered with the Civil Defense to look for bodies of flood victims. He was 13.
We had recently moved from Cortland St. And had almost rented a place across from the playground. That house was washed away. Grove Street was on higher ground, and untouched by the flood. We could, however, hear the screams of the people below, which is something I will never forget.
I always wondered why no one ever wrote about this catastrophe. So, thank you for putting it down on paper.
Carol Pike
Very informative. I don't think people realize that this could happen again at anytime.
Intense and fascinating Can't wait to return to the Poconos and hunt down these towns, creeks, and bridges. Strangely though we've visited the area several times in the last few years, no one has ever mentioned this flooding event. The book is so well-detailed that we should be able to find some the sites of the devastation fairly easily.
I know this is going to sound strange, but I loved this book! Not loved it like a love story, but the fact that there was so much going on on each page, and thinking this was just the Delaware that was affected, imagine my surprise being from New Jersey when I read that areas around where I grew up were also 'devastated.' This book makes you realize just how deadly Mother Nature and her wrath can be. And now, when I walk along the canal with my dogs, I wonder about all the people that were lost and how their spirits are still there. The souls of those people who died, that couldn't get out the way of the water, may buried in the Delaware. It's a sad story, but one that I think everyone should read. If for no other reason, to be prepared or make yourself aware of just what could happen in this type of situation. I pray that something this horrible never happens again, anywhere. To me, in my mind, it was like a river tsunami that took out so much.
Wonderful book, well written with lots of interesting accounts and photos. It's a fascinating and terrifying historical account of the Hurricane Connie and Diane floods in August of 1955. It's particularly interesting to me because I work in the Musconetcong River Watershed and have witnessed a couple of serious floods along the Musky and Delaware Rivers over the past 10 years. I am very familiar with most of the locales referenced in this book and have seen some of those areas in flood stage. Of course, back in 1955 the National Weather Service existed, but there were none modern weather forecasting tools that we have today. Also, communications back then were very limited. There was no good way to notify all the citizens that they were in harms way. It was an epic tragedy that many people along the river still remember today. Everyone needs to keep in mind that floods of this magnitude can and will happen again and all people who live in and around the Delaware Watershed need to kown this will happen again.
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