My Dad met some client last year... he's elderly, living in Florida now... anyways, he was in Norwalk, CT during this flood and saw fish in his kitchen drawers.
@toddy2519
4 жыл бұрын
I too was born in Norwalk, in 1951. My grandfather, Hermas J Poirier Sr. rescued many survivors from that flood with a surplus US military DUKW amphibious vehicle he owned (pronounced "duck"). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW His DUKW was used in many parades during and after 1955 until he sold or gave it away some years later. I think my family was residing on a pecan tree plantation in Louisiana in 1955 or Jacksonville, Florida but returned to Norwalk after my first year in public school. My grandfather never spoke about his efforts of rescue which was typical of his modesty but my relatives did a few times but never in any great detail.
@laurgreen1
7 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting this.it is a big part of my family history.
@maryacheson2619
8 жыл бұрын
My husband ,two sons myself lived in Torrington Ct. On the branch of the river,,the water came up around the house,we worked all night moving our neighbors to the 2nd floor where we lived.
@QueenBee-gx4rp
6 жыл бұрын
Mary Acheson Don’t know if you’ll ever see this: I was ten the night of the flood in Torrington. We lived just below Southwest School so weren’t touched by the water. The commotion that followed was exciting for kids. My grandfather was foreman of Hendy Machine whose sirens blew all night behind us. We had a wood stove in our basement and people cooked on it from all around us. I remember going into the stores downtown and the smell of the flood water that lingered for years. It certainly took a long time to clean up!
@luke184lisa
7 жыл бұрын
My parents lived in Ansonia and spoke of this horrible flood that they went through.
@miriambucholtz9315
5 жыл бұрын
We had moved to Darien by 1955. I don't remember seeing too much destruction there, but when we drove through Norwalk, it looked like someone had dropped bombs.
@michaelstiller2282
5 жыл бұрын
The heart of Norwalk took huge flood waters. The Norwalk river, which is more like a big stream, crested over 30 feet.
@miriambucholtz9315
5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelstiller2282 I always wondered about that. I can still remember seeing the exposed rooms of buildings, what was left of them, that is.
@ishmaelsanchez7202
5 жыл бұрын
Miriam Bucholtz how old are u
@miriambucholtz9315
5 жыл бұрын
@@ishmaelsanchez7202 I'm 72. I'll be 73 next September.
@indy_go_blue6048
3 жыл бұрын
I'd never heard of this particular disaster. Fascinating. (What other jewels are hidden deep in the mines of KZitem? Damn this is 10 years old and I watch a lot of disaster videos.)
@Sammy-mp9xn
3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@davidlafleche1142
3 жыл бұрын
I just saw the documentary of the 1938 Hurricane. The sick part was, ONE GUY correctly forecast it; but he was just some young idiot. The older, wiser men insisted that no serious hurricane could possibly make it that far north...but it did. Absolutely NO ONE in New England knew it was coming. Wind gusts hit 186 MPH. It was so powerful, it actually hit Magnitude 5 on the Richter Scale. Geologists in Alaska mistook the hurricane for an earthquake.
@danwaltz315
4 жыл бұрын
This flood was caused by 2 hurricanes in 2 weeks in 1955 so this was a very unusual time in new england history and the flooding happened.
@totesmygoats-bq8mk
4 жыл бұрын
It also flooded in Thomaston, Georgia in 1955 seems this is why
@IndieMusiCon
3 жыл бұрын
4:50 - Naugatuck RHODE ISLAND??? #wth.
@bonnies7805
Жыл бұрын
My mom always talks about how my great uncle was sitting in a window waiting for resue..water was up to the window
@leoroys9683
7 жыл бұрын
I was living in Planville Ct at that time I was 8yrs old then lived on North Mountain Rd so we were high enough so as not feel the effect of it
@brianburns7211
5 жыл бұрын
leo roys I’m from Plainville too. My grandfather was a cop there and told about the extra duty he had. Plainville PD was patrolling Unionville too because the Farmington River flooding cut it off from the rest of Farmington.
@coreyhewitt4649
5 жыл бұрын
Hi there! I'm interested in potentially sourcing this video. Is there a contact that I can reach out to? Thanks!
@wandajames6234
4 жыл бұрын
I wish our government -- provincial and federal-- were as smart as these people-- we've just endured 2 major floods along the Ottawa River in 2017 and again this year and they haven't done a goddam thing about it to prevent another one-- they blame it on climate change and wring their hands while our homes are destroyed.
@Teletran35
12 жыл бұрын
@dadsoldtapes I'm from Norwalk and my mother tells me about this flood
@charleshunziker7416
5 ай бұрын
The month before i was born
@wandajames6234
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for scaring the hell out of me by mumbling in a low voice so I have to turn up the volume, then showing an extremely loud clip of thunder...
@ScottSarich
4 жыл бұрын
Haha... you're welcome!
@thegreatelfinko
2 жыл бұрын
That's funny
@thegreatelfinko
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job
@richardnightingale9086
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary!.....except The part where the guy said that we could survive mother nature’s wrath.....no.
@laurgreen1
7 жыл бұрын
i almost was not born.
@EthanLong
2 жыл бұрын
nice!
@williamkelly4190
4 ай бұрын
They must’ve had a lot more farting cows back then🐄
@robertdaiuto4469
5 жыл бұрын
I lost a new car in Derby in that flood . I was taken off a building by a helicopter.
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