On August 23rd, 1933 - a huge ocean-born twister that would come to be called the "Great Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane" laid down an unprecedented path of destruction that roughly covered the immense area between Norfolk, Virginia and the Washington, D.C. Metro area.
Luckily, there were no reports of deaths, but a storm tide seven feet above normal flooded downtown Norfolk, and the damages in Maryland ALONE were estimated to be in the range of seventeen MILLION (1933) dollars!
Posted: 8-28-2001
