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Links – Check out these related websites!


Here we offer links to other sites we believe will be of interest to those
with ties to the Delaware River Valley. Some have to do with the flood of 1955,
while others are simply river- or weather-related. Enjoy!

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Stuff About the Book

Devastation on the Delaware

Remembering the Flood of 1955 - Advance of Bucks County – An early report on the book.

Book Highlights Eerie Similarities – What floods from Diane and Katrina have in common.

The Baird Sisters – "Old-time cuties on an Appalachian bender." How could you not want to explore their music? Laura Baird wrote and performs "Delaware," our theme song. Click to download the mp3 file. It's okay -- Laura knows.


Delaware River – Floods and Related History

1955 – Hurricane Diane

1955 Flood in Trenton, NJ – When the mayor got flooded out of his Riverside Street apartment

Bucks County Playhouse Underwater in 1955 – An early-morning crest inundates the stage and box office

High Water Mark – The author writes with attitude - This piece is kinda sad and funny all at once.

The Tempest - A Time Magazine archived article

Brodhead Creek Watershed – Scene of the most deaths in the '55 flood

 

Other Floods

June 2006 Flood – The third whopper in 21 months makes the New York Times.

US Flood Damage Records - All kinds of good info here

 

Current Flooding Issues

Delaware River Basin Commission - Those with the unenviable task of flood mitigation decisions

Droughts, Floods and Sprawl –They’re All Connected – In a word, "Duh."

The Flood Project of the Nurture Nature Center - Easton's getting a flood museum!

Flood Resource Center of Northampton Community College – A project of the Student Leadership Seminar, which we were proud to support.

Flood Safety – An ever-changing collection of important info

Turn Around, Don't Drown – This picture shows why!


History

A Brief History of the Delaware River – Told from a recreation prespective

Saved From the Dam: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - From ugliness, beauty.

Controversy on the Delaware – A video documentary of the Tocks Island Dam fiasco

A Gift From the Muck: Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud – If you've got the balls, they've got the mud.

Hunterdon County, NJ Bridges over the Delaware – From the author of "Delaware Diary"


Hurricanes and Related Weather

1955

1955 Hurricanes – Connie, Diane and Ione: Not exactly good girls

1955 flood in Stamford, CT – Hard as it is to believe, they got hit WAY worse than the DelVal did!

 

Regional

Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States
Great book! Exhaustive coverage – if it's not in here, you don't need to know it.

New England Hurricane Statistics – Yeah, they really do get 'em up there...sometimes.

Historical Weather Data for 2,000 Cities Worldwide – See who got whomped the worst.

Hurricane Reference Center – Yeah, we're venturing into serious weather weenie territory here.

Stormpulse - Track Atlantic Hurricanes

 

Historic

Costliest US Hurricanes - Clearly a pre-Katrina site...

On This Day in Weather History – When your own weather's too boring, see what happened when!

LINKS