Did you Know

Did you know:

The movie "The Perfect Storm" was based on a weather event that did occur in late October, 1991. The remnants of Hurricane Grace joined forces with a strong disturbance coming down from the north. The result was one of the mightiest storms ever over the North Atlantic with winds to hurricane force. What made the storm even worse is that it was blocked by high pressure to the north. So its strong circulation had three full days to build waves into monstrous proportions. The waves shown in the movie were no exaggeration. A ship buoy south of Nova Scotia recorded a wave over 70 feet high, though the average was 30 to 50 feet. In New England, the storm will always be remembered for the huge waves that battered the coastline and for the fisherman who were lost at sea