Joy’s Reviews > Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 > Status Update

“The last time the Atlantic had leapt from its bed was in the Great September Gale of 1815. In the intervening century, as the nation expanded and prospered, the lesson of history was forgotten. By 1938 the barrier beaches of Long Island and southern New England … had become popular summer resorts.”

I read this passage as I crossed over the Whitestone Bridge today. Mind-blowing.