Hurricane Carol – Montauk Library

Throwback Thursday — A Spot with a View

Apr02^nd2025byMontauk Library

The contemplative young woman in this postcard turns out to be Diane Duca Delprete, now 78 and living in New Jersey. She was about 13 or 14 when the photograph was taken in the 1950s, one of three decades when her family would spend two weeks each summer camping at Hither Hills State Park…. Read more »

Throwback Thursday – The Forgotten Storm

Aug24^th2022byMontauk Library

Ocean waves tore through the dunes to breach Fort Pond. At least four feet of water flooded the highway on Napeague, and a radio tower toppled onto the train tracks there, blocking access to – or escape from – Montauk by that route. When Hurricane Carol struck the Northeast 68 years ago, on August 30,… Read more »