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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone remember Hurricane Agnes
That was 44 years ago that it pretty much put most of the Mid-Atlantic states underwater.
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Anyone remember Hurricane Agnes (Original Post)
LynneSin
Jun 2016
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. Yes, I do.
I was teaching summer school and very pregnant. We had just moved into a new house and put in a "lawn"---- which became a mud slide. PA was especially hard-hit:
http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2015/07/15/when-hurricane-agnes-slammed-soggy-pittsburgh/
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)4. Here are the photos from the Harrisburg area
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)5. I remember they called up the National Guard.
And the governor's residence was flooded.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)2. yep I do nt
It was only a few years after Camille tore us up and we were watching Agnes closely. Agnes mercifully skipped us.
Edit: by skipped, I meant it slipped killing 150 of us. We certainly had some flooding.