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  • Tuesday, Dec. 4: Vermont Flood

    POSTED: 11:02 am EST November 30, 2007
    UPDATED: 1:39 pm EST December 4, 2007

    The date: November 3, 1927. Two storm systems collided over the Green Mountain state, dumping torrential rains and setting off massive flooding. The result: Vermont’s worst natural disaster.

    Tonight, using rarely seen footage, Chronicle recreates the days that tore many Vermont towns apart. Show Resources:

    “The Troubled Roar of the Waters”
    by Deborah Pickman Clifford and Nicholas R. Clifford
    University of New Hampshire Press
    UNH Press

    “The 1927 Flood in Vermont and New England, Nov. 3-7, 1927”
    by W.E. Minsinger, M.D.
    Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
    Blue Hill

    “Remembering Hell and High Water” Audio CD
    Exile Media
    Vermont Book of Days