STORMY FORECAST: Causing about $600 million in damages at the time it occurred, the Hurricane of 1938 would cause roughly $100 billion in damages today, says Karen Clark. / COURTESY KAREN CLARK & CO.
Seventy-five years ago last month, The Great New England Hurricane, or the Hurricane of ’38, altered the southern New England coastline and perception of the region’s vulnerability to severe weather. Since then, meteorologists have made huge advances in hurricane forecasting unimagined in the 1930s, while communities have built storm barriers and coastal fortifications. But we’re…
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