Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"They chose the Flood of 1987 and the Ice Storm of 1998 as primary events but also chose the Hurricanes of 1954, the Blizzard of 1952, the train wreck…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"We had an ice storm in progress. I was driving to work when I saw a lot of fallen trees in the woods and branches on the road."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"During one terrible storm, lighting hit in the middle of a cow pasture killing the whole herd of cows."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Another story goes that when they hit a large storm that broke off the mast and he lashed his wife to the stub of it to keep her from being washed…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… on the apple blossoms followed by a severe snow storm on June 6th, more frost and then more snow on Oct. 7th."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… reports, “Long-time residents of Lincoln said the storm was the worst in their memory”: … at the height of the flash flood more than a foot of…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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