Any East Coasters remember Hurricane Gloria?

LIAngel · August 2011

It hit Long Island in 1985 and I remember schools being closed and we had no power for over a week. That was the last Hurricane that I remember our area being effected.

Anyone else "experience" Gloria?

desabean · August 2011

I remember Gloria, it was the first Friday of my freshman year of high school so I was super excited for my first football game as a high schooler. Then they cancelled school and the game and it only rained for like an hour-- such a let down. (probably similar to what could happen with Irene where I live)

smilee · August 2011

Yup!!!!!! I was in 6th grade and was so excited because they closed school! And the radio stations went nuts playing "Gloria". lol

krissyh21 · August 2011

Yes I remember it. It blew half the siding off my mother's house. We lost power, but not for a huge amount of time maybe a day ? No major damage aside from coastal flooding where I am from (typical of most large storms).

desabean · August 2011

smilee:
Yup!!!!!! I was in 6th grade and was so excited because they closed school! And the radio stations went nuts playing "Gloria". lol

Ugh, I've been singing that song ever since I read this post. Go away Laura Branigan!

MontyMrs · August 2011

Hah - I was in High School too! I thought I'd be dating myself if I admitted that. I remember it clearly we actually had a fun family day with no damage and only a day of power outage.

superned · August 2011

I remember! I was in the second grade at the time. Some of the big trees near our house fell down, but I don't remember too much about it.

I also remember Bob from about 20 years ago. My family was on vacation and we had to come home early, which sucked.

Far, far worse than any of that was the big Ice Storm in 1998. That was nasty.

naflmj · August 2011

I don't but I do remember Hurricane Bob which hit New England in '91.

PhillySue · August 2011

Yes! I was in 2nd grade (I think) and I remember my grandparents who lived in Atlantic City had to come stay with us.

jensneb · August 2011

Yep, it made me cancel my 9th birthday party

navyandviolet · August 2011

wow that brought back a huge flood of memories. I grew up on the east coast and remember it very well. my mom was preg with my brother at the time. I was sitting on the couch with her and my brother was kicking away in there and I sat cuddled up with her feeling those kicks as we listened to the wind howl. We did end up with a downed tree or two that day.

Dragonfly1226 · August 2011

Yup! My neighbors across the street were riding in a canoe in their front lawn! It was a day off from school for us too. (I grew up in centra NJ.) I hope this one doesn't hit that hard up here! We already have a state of emergency in MA.

Radler · August 2011

Yep! I grew up in Connecticut and I remember very clearly how strange it was when the "eye" of the storm passed over...

I'm really hoping Irene will not be as severe as predicted.

OscarQ · August 2011

I remember it, I was in 8th grade. My mom was the Chief of Staff for Delaware's Lieutant Governor at the time so we spent the storm in an office tower downtown while they coordinated the state's response to the storm.

Gloria! Gloria! I think I have your number. Oh Oh, calling Gloria!

navyandviolet · August 2011

OscarQ:

I remember it, I was in 8th grade. My mom was the Chief of Staff for Delaware's Lieutant Governor at the time so we spent the storm in an office tower downtown while they coordinated the state's response to the storm.

Gloria! Gloria! I think I have your number. Oh Oh, calling Gloria!

And now I have that song in my head

esperanza123 · August 2011

This lurker remembers! I was in fifth grade and I remember going out when the rains calmed down but it was still windy with my raincoat and an umbrella and letting the wind blow me around.

AlissaCell701 · August 2011

Not Gloria so much (1985 I was only 5) but Bob yes in 1991 I think?! I remember being w out power for a long time.. We were in MA.

UsedToBeGoldie · August 2011

i remember it.

funny thing is my mom's name is Irene... and her sister's name is Gloria.... and those are the two biggest storms to cause issues in this area.... my husband said if there is ever a storm with my grandmother's name he's getting the HELL out of here! LOL... I would, too, since her name is Irmgard, and that's pretty damn rare, lol.

nancy814 · August 2011

I remember Gloria. I think I was in Highschool. I also remember Floyd...lots of flooding. Not looking forward to Irene...but we're as ready as we can be.

RoxBride · August 2011

I do. We were stuck on vaca in Boston trying to get back to DC and it was a nightmare. I have never seen rain like that before or since.

alchris · August 2011

I didn't move to the east coast until '93, but I just asked DH (as you know, from LI as well) and he said he remembers it vividly!

LIAngel · August 2011

superned:

Far, far worse than any of that was the big Ice Storm in 1998. That was nasty.

I am going to totally date myself here,but I remember the blizzard of '78. My dad had to walk home from work! It was quite a far walk too.

GenRN45 · August 2011

I lived in Valley Stream on Long Island for Hurricane Gloria, which was a category 3 when it hit LI head on. There was a sh!t ton of damage on my street. EVERY tree came down. We didn't have school for a week. My dad's parents lived in LOng Beach, and the bay and the ocean met in the middle. The barrier islands were completely under water - they had sand in their living room when they got home (obs mandatory evac'ed).

I remember playing in the downed trees when the eye of the storm went over and all of our parents yelling at us to get out of the trees, because the power lines were down and in them.

We didn't have school for a week. I was about 8-9. It was awesome.

GenRN45 · August 2011

superned:
Far, far worse than any of that was the big Ice Storm in 1998. That was nasty.

I was in a horrible car accident in the aftermath of that storm.

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