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How 1933 hurricane carved a lifeline for Ocean City
– canadianbusiness.com
OCEAN CITY, Md. – Sometimes a great opportunity comes out of a terrible disaster.
Eighty years ago, the Great Hurricane of 1933 ravaged Worcester County.
The boardwalk was destroyed. Streets were flooded. Homes and hotels were off their foundations. Cars were buried under sand. Electricity and water were cut off. Rivers and creeks were cresting over their banks. The auto causeway was impassable.
It had rained for days, and the coastal bays were swollen and full. Just when it seemed things couldn’t get worse, a monumental event occurred.
The pent-up flood waters in the bays burst through a low spot on the Ocean City island just south of the boardwalk, washing away town streets, the railroad bridge, fishing camps and the long-hated barrier between Sinepuxent Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ocean City Inlet was born. And things in Ocean City and Worcester County would never be the same.
“From all historical accounts I’ve read, the townspeople were tickled to death,” said local historian George Hurley, who is also a former president of both the Ocean City Town Council and the Worcester County Commissioners…
Eighty years ago, the Great Hurricane of 1933 ravaged Worcester County.
The boardwalk was destroyed. Streets were flooded. Homes and hotels were off their foundations. Cars were buried under sand. Electricity and water were cut off. Rivers and creeks were cresting over their banks. The auto causeway was impassable.
It had rained for days, and the coastal bays were swollen and full. Just when it seemed things couldn’t get worse, a monumental event occurred.
The pent-up flood waters in the bays burst through a low spot on the Ocean City island just south of the boardwalk, washing away town streets, the railroad bridge, fishing camps and the long-hated barrier between Sinepuxent Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ocean City Inlet was born. And things in Ocean City and Worcester County would never be the same.
“From all historical accounts I’ve read, the townspeople were tickled to death,” said local historian George Hurley, who is also a former president of both the Ocean City Town Council and the Worcester County Commissioners…
