02485cam a2200277 i 4500 1262043919 TxAuBib 160304s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015954291 9780300209518 0300209517 TxAuBib rda Long, Stephen, 1953-, author. Thirty-eight : the hurricane that transformed New England / Stephen Long. 38 : the hurricane that transformed New England. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016] ©2016. xv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. White Pine -- Tropical cyclone -- Disparate destruction -- Better than box -- A day at the fair -- Cleaning up -- Loggers and sawyers -- The new forest -- Telltale signs -- The wind next time. ""The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it ""New England’s Katrina"" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting millions of acres of forest. This book is the first to investigate how the hurricane of '38 transformed New England, bringing about social and ecological changes that can still be observed these many decades later. The hurricane's impact was erratic -- some swaths of forest were destroyed while others nearby remained unscathed; some stricken forests retain their prehurricane character, others have been transformed. Stephen Long explores these contradictions, drawing on survivors' vivid memories of the storm and its aftermath and on his own familiarity with New England's forests, where he discovers clues to the storm’s legacies even now. Thirty-Eight is a gripping story of a singularly destructive hurricane. It also provides important and insightful information on how best to prepare for the inevitable next great storm.""--provided by Amazon.com. Hurricanes New England History 20th century.