Mary A Shafer

60th Anniversary EditionAugust 18-20, 1955: Three terrifying days and nights still remembered with awe in the Delaware River Valley between New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Record-breaking rainfall-nearly two feet in some places-from twin hurricanes just five days apart abruptly ended a withering drought, but the relief was short-lived. It was overshadowed by terror and destruction that tore away bridges and snatched people, still sleeping,...