In < 1 hour, on this date 81 years ago, the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 barreled ashore on LI, #nywx, as a 120 mph Cat 3 #hurricane. Its powerful winds & large storm surge combined to take > 600 lives & cause > $5 billion damage in today's currency on its trek through NE pic.twitter.com/7jZsyFXeIe

— Tony Brite (@tbrite89) September 21, 2019