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Walleye

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1. I remember it, some of my earliest recollections, I was afraid because the grown-ups were afraid

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Oct 15, 2023, 08:26 AM

Oct 2023

I can even picture the living room I was sitting in our newly installed TV aerial blew down. We had just gotten a TV for the first time. I remember hearing the wind and the trees crashing down in the woods behind us. I don’t think our house sustained any damage but a lot of people did. I have always had respect for hurricanes

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On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 OP

I remember it, some of my earliest recollections, I was afraid because the grown-ups were afraid Walleye Oct 2023 #1

It's the first hurricane I remember. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #2