This Day in History: March 11th-White Hurricane
, March 1th, 1888, after an unusually mild winter, the temperature in the northeast rose to 5 degrees. Farmers began to prepare soil, crocuses in some areas are sprouting, and people are looking forward to the arrival of early spring. By March 11th, the area was under the control of the so-called "White Hurricane", which was used to measure all other snowstorms.
A few days before any accurate weather forecast, this huge snowstorm was a big surprise. It has caused serious damage from New Jersey to Maine. The first prize of snowfall hit central New England, but the biggest social impact occurred in new york City. Compared with densely populated urban residents, rural residents often perform better in big storms.
The snowstorm raged for 36 hours, and strong winds hit the area at a speed of 85 miles per hour. In some areas, the snowfall was as high as 55 inches, and the temperature was very cold. For fear of losing their jobs, many people braved terrible storms and were trapped on the trains on the tracks, while others died while hiking in snowy weather.
A writer of the Boston Globe shared this memory in 1967: "I was there myself, a five-year-old child. I can recall that I leaned my nose against the window pane and wondered if my father would succeed. Yes But other dads were found dead in deep-sea drifting by the rescue team.
The communication lines are connected up and down the east coast. Food and fuel are in short supply, especially in urban areas. People became disoriented and froze to death in the snowdrift, including new york and Party leader Senator Roscoe Conkling. During the snowstorm, Mark Twain found himself trapped in a hotel in new york City. P.T. barnum tried his best to entertain a group of people trapped in Madison Square Garden.
Up to 4 feet of snow fell in parts of Massachusetts, where the huge snow only made the chimneys of some houses visible. Many farmers have lost their livestock, because even venturing to their barns may be a life-threatening proposal. The hurricane rolled the sea into an angry whirlpool, ruthlessly impacting the coastline and destroying everything along the way.
When the snowstorm finally ended, at least 4 people died, and the damage caused by the storm was estimated at 2 million dollars (about 5 million dollars today).
The painful lesson was learned from the terrible whipping of Mother Nature. The shortcomings of ground telegraph, natural gas and water supply lines were driven home in large areas by the snowstorm, and rapid measures were taken to safely place important public facilities underground. Solving the problem of public transportation is also listed as the top priority. Boston was the first big city in the United States to launch an underground subway system in 1897, which was the direct result of the snowstorm in 1888.
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