I thought that it was Gloria that had washed out the west bank of Somerset St. in Watchung and caused deaths in this area. However, some one said that the storm happened in 74 or 71, they were not sure. Who knows which of these two it was?
- 1971 Tropical Storm Doria produced one of the state's memorable floods on Aug. 27-28.Princeton collected 10.15 inches of rain. Severe flooding occurred in the Raritan River valley and elsewhere in central and northern New Jersey. A tornado tracked intermittently about 25 miles from Cape May to Woodbine.
- 1985 Hurricane Gloria provided a scare on Sept. 27. Winds gusted to near hurricane force in isolated shore locations and heavy rain was commonplace, but Gloria proved considerably less destructive than expected.
From the above description it must have been Doria
It was Doria. I was on the fire department in Plainfield at that time.
ReplyDeleteMike, Thank you very much. I did not think it was that long ago, but time does fly.
ReplyDeleteThere was storm in 1971,but the big one was in 1973. The one when the owner of a car dealership on Somerset st drown in his office. The foundation on the back of my house cave in. Not sure if I still have pictures.
ReplyDelete12:26pm; i CAN FIND NO RECORD OF A 1973 STORM; THE LIST IN THE 70S INCLUDES:1971 Tropical Storm Doria produced one of the state's memorable floods on Aug. 27-28.
ReplyDeletePrinceton collected 10.15 inches of rain. Severe flooding occurred in the Raritan River valley
and elsewhere in central and northern New Jersey. A tornado tracked intermittently for about 25
miles from Cape May to Woodbine.
1976 Hurricane Belle raced ashore on Long Island during the late evening of August 9. The
eye tracked through eastern sections of the New York metropolitan area, coming within a few
miles of the city. It had sustained winds of 75 mph and a barometric pressure of 28.94 inches.
Much of eastern New Jersey had gusts of 50 to 65 mph and several inches of rain. Belle put on
a spectacular multi-colored lightning display in northeastern New Jersey.
THERE WERE TWO MINOR ONES IN 1972 BUT NONE LISTED FOR 73. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTING.