The Great Flood of 1955 (Pocono Mountains)

The 1955 Flood impacted the northeast coast of the United States and the Pocono Mountains when Hurricanes Connie and Diane made landfall in rapid succession. Thousands of home were lost and towns under water as a result of Hurricane Connie saturating the land and Hurricane Diane adding significant rainfall to an already saturated Northeast. Hawley, Honesdale, Greentown and other communities sustained considerable damage and there are still high water marks etched in many places showing the height of the water. Join us as we take a look at the history of the 1955 flood and hear the accounts of some of the survivors.
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[@RealFloridaHorseman]

I survived that flood while attending church camp just north of Stroudsburg, PA. I was 7 years old and remember that night and the following days as if they were just last week.

[@WallyLife]

Amazing. If you have any stories about the flood that you would like to share, let me know. You can send them to [e-mail] and we will use them in a future segment.

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@WallyLife Woonsocket, R.I. got nailed. The Blackstone River overflowed. The dam at Harris Pond broke, dumping the entire pond into Woonsocket. Precious Blood Cemetery was torn apart, sending ancient coffins floating into Social Street. The Government paid people a whopping $19.00 per hour to re-bury them, and repair the cemetery. After the mess was cleaned up, the city built a new dam and a levee system, and hasn't had any serious flooding since. Maybe New Orleans should think about that.

[@BerkshiresJim]

The book "Devastation on the Delaware", highly recommended, goes into great detail about the storms, the flooding, the damage and deaths etc. It is a gripping, hard-to-put-down book, yet it is non-fiction!

[@edsnyder4073]

Went to my uncles house in Easton after the storm. I saw the destruction in downtown area only the route 22 bridge was intact. I was seven years old and it seems like yesterday.

[@WallyLife]

Thank you for your comment. Easton was hit hard during the flood.

[@danita7956]

I was born the year after. We got no help from the outside after this happened. Because of the debris being blocked by the bridges then whiping the bridges out all the way down to the Delaware River and the same happening along the Delaware River, Easton was full of mud. We had the Tobyhanna Army Depot who's helicopter was used to take people from Stroudsburg to East Stroudsburg then visa versa, we never would have made it. 100 Children and several Women who were having a summer Camp were killed along with others. The water came down the Creeks like a tidal wave because of the debris being held up by the bridges.

[@WallyLife]

Gale, sounds like there is so much more to the history of the flood. Are you still living in the area?

[@marksharpe6384]

omg they had climate change happen back in 1955 ........

[@WallyLife]

Right!

[@ZoeKitten84]

Some of the onscreen text could’ve been edited better. In one part you have a story about Bobby and his brother, in one instance the first B in Bobby wasn’t capitalized.