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 …
Ellie Chipman Tindall
12:16 am on Monday, March 12, 2012
Kenneth G Chipman's body was missing for seven weeks before it was found by a woman walking along the bay side of the island. He left behind a wife and three daughters. Respectfully Ellie Chipman Tindall more ›