Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation And Changed It Forever
“that at least one neighborhood in Columbus was traumatized when everyone learned that a storage dam had broken and they were about to be engulfed by their own personal tsunami.
The West Side of Columbus was “under thirty feet of water,” wrote Thurber, but he explained that on the East Side, the flood waters would have had to have climbed another ninety-five feet to devastate the homes. But understandably, with public schools closed, at least four bridges in the city washed out, no running water... working in the city anywhere, and people drowning across the state and in surrounding states, everyone was nervous on the East Side as well.
Thurber included. Eighteen years old and in his senior year at East High, Thurber spent part of March 25 on High Street, a lengthy street that effectively cuts through the center of the city, dividing the east and west portions of the community. Thurber and a friend, Ed Morris, came out of a store and into the cold rain and saw a couple of police officers on horseback who were shouting to everyone that the dam had broken and that everyone should go east and find higher ground.MoreLess
The West Side of Columbus was “under thirty feet of water,” wrote Thurber, but he explained that on the East Side, the flood waters would have had to have climbed another ninety-five feet to devastate the homes. But understandably, with public schools closed, at least four bridges in the city washed out, no running water... working in the city anywhere, and people drowning across the state and in surrounding states, everyone was nervous on the East Side as well.
Thurber included. Eighteen years old and in his senior year at East High, Thurber spent part of March 25 on High Street, a lengthy street that effectively cuts through the center of the city, dividing the east and west portions of the community. Thurber and a friend, Ed Morris, came out of a store and into the cold rain and saw a couple of police officers on horseback who were shouting to everyone that the dam had broken and that everyone should go east and find higher ground.MoreLess
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