50 Years Ago Today.....

[ABM]

What a mess...I was just a tot, but still remember the devastation. We had to "camp out" at my house for days on end.

 

[HailBlazers]

Wow, heard many o stories about the Columbus Day Storm.

And here we are today, Oct 12 2012, seeing the end of the longest dry spell in Oregon since we kept records.

 

[MARIS61]

Brings back some awesomely cool memories. Hugely exciting time for a young kid with an unrelenting curiosity about the forces of nature.

 

[tlongII]

I lived in Ohio at the time. We merely had the occasional tornado.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i think my mom was 2 years old, but she lived in boston massachusetts

 

[jlprk]

I thought this would be about the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 16-28.