MARCH 1993 BLIZZARD

BLIZZARD OF '93

MARCH 14 1993

Molly Murray, a reporter of the Sussex Bureau Sunday News Journal reported

the northeaster which bore down southern Delaware caused nowhere near the damage

predicted and a chance for another blast was fast fading. Still many beach towns on the

long battered coast were emptied by evacuation early Saturday morning or closed off by

snow drifts and flooding at 3 am Officials early reports indicate beaches had little

serious erosion.

Another reason for the light erosion was the uneasy, quiet, pocket of calm air within

the storm that came along the coast during the midday high tide. Northeast wind shifter to

the east, gusty and confused in their direction. John Hughes, a state director, on duty, said the

'calm' came just in time. He was on Haven Road, Indian River, when the ocean was just

about to break through the dunes when the winds started to lay, and the worst of the storm

moved to the north and was over for southern Delaware. When the storm came in on Friday

officials agreed we were in for real trouble and it could devastate the Delaware Coast.

Now the west winds continued to blow shingles off roofs and do property damage but it

pushed the waves away fro the coast. Damaging winds hit a peak at 60 mph and roads were

littered.

The storm of the century , but, wasn’t .

Abstract: Sunday News Journal , 14 March 1993 by Molly Murray.