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From: Thomas M.10/22/2024 12:34:39 PM
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The Storm That Swallowed a County

by Helen Barranger

It is perhaps the most astounding single weather event in U.S. history: A once-in-10,000-years inland storm with the strength of a 40,000-megaton nuclear bomb. A fury that saw up to 46 inches of rain fall in six hours, brought 400-million-year-old mountains cascading down into the valley, and nearly destroyed Nelson County, Va. in late August, 1969.

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Throughout the county it rained 32 inches in six hours. In the 12-mile Davis Creek area where 50 died or were missing, rainfall measured 46 inches. The fall of water was so dense people couldn't see through it, couldn't breathe in it.
Tom
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