tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post5357459227272672170..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: FloodsTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-45997017848775833262017-09-12T23:30:53.679-04:002017-09-12T23:30:53.679-04:00Yup, that's the Free Bridge. Let other pay tol...Yup, that's the Free Bridge. Let other pay tolls, O happy locals cross free.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-36053592131669308742017-09-12T23:12:13.570-04:002017-09-12T23:12:13.570-04:00Is that the free bridge?
As a New Jerseyan that&#...Is that the free bridge?<br /><br />As a New Jerseyan that's what it will always be to me. I never really thought of it as having an actual name!Bellomyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772021462887676959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-69333935774648764852017-09-12T16:43:03.553-04:002017-09-12T16:43:03.553-04:00Not far from your hometown, of course, is mine. Hu...Not far from your hometown, of course, is mine. Hurricane Agnes was widely regarded in 1972 as a freak of nature, but it was anything but. Granted, the Susquehanna River had never gotten so high before, but the lesser extent of damage of earlier floods is partly explainable by the fact that there was less to destroy. What was the borough of Kingston in 1972, with hundreds of homes lost to Agnes, was during the flood of March 1865 farmland, where according to accounts at the time the ground was eroded over vast sections by the flood waters.TheConductornoreply@blogger.com