A Storm Like No Other - A Look Back At The March 1962 Nor'easter
Seven people perished during the three-day coastal storm that battered Long Beach Island and the New Jersey Shore
"It was unexpected and unannounced, sudden and surly, inundating, devastating, mutilating, obliteratiing. It battered and bludgeoned the shore until there was no more shore, unti it was all running water and milling debris, until almost every trace of a human presence had been wasted away. Then it was gone." - Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, by Larry Savadove and Margaret Buchholz At first, the Great Atlantic Storm of 1962 seemed like any other nor'easter. The National Weather Service forecast on March 5 called for northeast winds of 10 to 15 knots, with snow. But by nightime, the forecast had changed. Tides were expected to run several feet above normal. Winds would blow at a steady 35 to 45 knots. By the morning of March 6, the …
David Construction LBI House Raising
4:22 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Chief Leonetti would be my father-in-law, had he survived. My husband, David Leonetti, was five years old when he lost his dad in the storm. From what I understand, he was quite a guy, very well liked by all. David has studied numerous Jersey Shore storm photos, and read the stories in the local storm books, but never thought we'd see this type of devastation first hand, until Sandy. more ›