Anyone remember Hurricane Agnes

[LynneSin]

That was 44 years ago that it pretty much put most of the Mid-Atlantic states underwater.

[femmocrat]

1. Yes, I do.

I was teaching summer school and very pregnant. We had just moved into a new house and put in a "lawn"---- which became a mud slide. PA was especially hard-hit:

http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2015/07/15/when-hurricane-agnes-slammed-soggy-pittsburgh/

[LynneSin]

4. Here are the photos from the Harrisburg area

http://photos.pennlive.com/4503/gallery/tropical_storm_agnes_1972/index.html#/0#incart_gallery

[femmocrat]

5. I remember they called up the National Guard.

And the governor's residence was flooded.

[steve2470]

2. yep I do nt

[Yonnie3]

3. Yes

It was only a few years after Camille tore us up and we were watching Agnes closely. Agnes mercifully skipped us.

Edit: by skipped, I meant it slipped killing 150 of us. We certainly had some flooding.