Vermont's Great Flood

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Published 2011-08-31
In November 1927, Vermont faced the worst natural disaster ever to befall the rural state. A huge flood destroyed over 600 farms and hundreds of businesses. The loss of track and trains made it the worst disaster in railroad history. The floodwaters reached 18 feet high! Archival footage and interviews with survivors tell how Vermonters persevered.
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All Comments (21)
  • @MsMsmak
    Wow. I never knew that about my favorite state. Such a huge disaster. Thanks for posting!
  • @Latte4Val
    The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior . . . Vermont is resilient and it's people so strong, and like 1927 we will overcome this disaster too. Many heartfelt prayers for the people of my state.
  • @jaynewman1821
    I am a born & raised Pennsylvanian & we then moved to a small town in Montgomery County. When it rained the small innocent creek behind our home, then became a raging river. It was too much to handle so we then moved again to another Montgomery town 45 minutes further north. We were near a reservoir, but way in back of it, so if the stone structure ever broke, we were not involved in it at all, as we lived on the hill & thank God for gravity.
  • @maryhutt4263
    There’s an old film done way back then ,movie of different towns on Connecticut river showin how it was back then, Windsor bein one,maybe search fer it you’ll find it, Springfield and Bellowsfalls too was in it too I think,, watched it I have!
  • sure wish I knew why people insist on drowning out narratives with music.
  • @jaynewman1821
    Floods are 1 of the most scariest phenomenon's that do happen & when it does it is literally a nightmare beyond man's control.
  • @DanCollins-qe2td
    Hard to understand with the music in the background especially the piano
  • @maryhutt4263
    😢my mother was 2 years old, Connecticut river was to top of Main Street, ma and her sister aunt bea , werre on top their house on Jarvis st,in the river, and a boat went out and got them her mother ma aunt bea maybe maddy can’t member if ma said maddy! Might not born yet, but they put them in boat got out of there many lost lives on river, they were lucky the houses wer built fer Goodyear employees,all lost, no dams were on the river then, only few months between ma aunt bea ❤ this was Windsor Vt,
  • Please lower the music volume, or better yet, get rid of it all together.
  • Mom was born the year of "The Great Flood". I can always remember the the year she was born.
  • It takes of disaster like a flood.. To get people to help each other I don't understand why.. it never used to be this way.. just the last 50-years seems to be This way..🤷🤷🤷
  • @Vtmtnman42
    Uploaded to You Tube only days before Irene...
  • @eleanortwardy
    the piano music is too loud, you cant hear the commentator.
  • @notscot6788
    Piano mix makes this unwatchable. Nice effort, but needs technical improvement. Thanks.