Hurricanes

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/26/2011 11:10 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Apparently, for those of us residing in NE PA, Irene will *not* be the
>second coming of 1972's Hurricane Agnes, when floodwaters of the
>Susquehanna rose to four feet on the *second* floor of my wife's
>family manse, leading to the loss of her high school yearbook and the
>demise of Daphne, the family kitty, among other tragedies.

I was fully expecting you to reminisce about the hurricane of '38, Wilson.

:-)



Joel

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