RI –15-16

lornajarrettblanchard September 27, 1985

— >16 AP. “Hurricane Gloria: 900,000 are still powerless…” Gettysburg Times, 9-30-1985, 1.

–15-16 Blanchard tally based on State breakouts below.[1]

— 16 USGS. National Water Summary 1985. “Hurricane Gloria,” Washington, 1986, p. 19.

— 15 AP. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 9-30-1985, 3A.

— 14 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 modification.

— 11 Nat. Hurr. Ctr. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985.

–1 in NC –6 in CT[2] –2 in RI –2 in NH [No mention of NJ (1) or NY (6).]

— 11 Wick, Steve. “Life in the Wake of Gloria.” Newsday, 4-15-2008.

— 9 Syracuse Herald American. “Hurricane forecasters defend warnings.” 9-29-1985, A16.

— 8 Case. “Annual Summary. Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1985.” MWR, V14, 7-1986, 1398.

— 8 Grammatico, Michael A. “Hurricane Gloria – September 27, 1985.” Geocities.com.

— 8 NWS, Newport/Morehead City, NC. Event Summaries/Case Studies. “Hurricane Gloria.”

— >6 Daily Herald, Chicago, IL. “Six feared dead, but Gloria’s a ‘washout’.” 9-28-1985, p. 1.

Connecticut (3)

–6 Nat. Hurr. Ctr. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985.[3]

–3 Daily Herald, Chicago, IL. “Six feared dead, but Gloria’s a ‘washout’.” 9-28-1985, p. 1.

–3 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 modification. (2 from fallen trees.)[4]

–2 Bendici, Ray. “The Perfect Storm.” Connecticut Magazine, 8-26-2011.

–2 Longshore. Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (New Ed.). 2008, p. 319.

–0 NCDC. Storm Events Database. Search Results for All Counties in Connecticut.

Cause of Death:

–2 Traffic accidents. AP. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, 9-28-1985, 1

–2 Traffic accidents. Bendici, Ray. “The Perfect Storm.” Connecticut Magazine, 8-26-2011.

–1 Fallen tree “being cut apart by her father;” girl, 6.[5]

Massachusetts (1)

— 1 Sep 28. Off-duty firefighter; “tree destroyed in…storm fell on him as he was cutting it.”[6]

New Hampshire (2)

— 2 Nat. Hurr. Ctr. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985.

— 1 Longshore. Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (New Ed.). 2008, p. 319.

Cause of Death:

— 1 Elderly woman knocked over by strong wind; died two weeks later.[7]

— 1 Sep 27. Heart attack clearing fallen limbs in yard; male, 66.[8]

New Jersey (1)

— 1 Monmouth Co., Long Branch. Electrocution upon touching a downed power line, male.[9]

New York (5-6)

–5-6 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.

— 2 NY City. Brodsky. Preliminary Report on New York City Emergency… 2005, 15.[10]

— 4 Long Island. Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 mod.

–2 heart attacks –2 fallen trees

— 1 Long Island. Wick, Steve. “Life in the Wake of Gloria.” Newsday, 4-15-2008.

— 0 NCDC. Storm Events Database. “Search Results for All Counties in New York…”

Cause of Death:

–1? Airplane crash. “Unsettled weather contributed to…an airplane crash…[NY] mainland.”[11]

–1 Sep 27. Falling tree. Rockland Co., Ramapo. Utility worker repairing gas main; male, 60.[12]

–2 Sep 27. “In [NY], authorities said…two men were killed Friday by falling tree limbs.”[13]

–1 Sep 29. Heart attack; utility repairman restoring power to a home; male.[14]

–1 Sep 28. Traffic accident “partly caused by a traffic-light failure brought on by Gloria…”[15]

North Carolina (1)

— 1 Nat. Hurr. Ctr. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985.

— 1 Struck by a fallen tree; male. Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 modification.[16]

— 0 NCDC. Storm Events Database. “Search Results for All Counties in North Carolina…”

Rhode Island (2)

— 2 Nat. Hurr. Ctr. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985.

— 2 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 modification. (1, fallen tree; 1, securing boat.)[17]

— 1 Falling tree; male.[18]

— 1 Blunt force trauma; hit in face by docked sailboat boom; male.[19]

Causes of Death (identifiable) – Direct (7)

Blunt Force Trauma (1)

–1 RI. Blunt force trauma; hit in face by docked sailboat boom; male.

Fall (1)

–1 NH. Elderly woman knocked over by strong wind; died two weeks later.

Tree Fall (4)

–1 CT.

–1 NY. Sep 27. Tree fall tree. Rockland Co., Ramapo. Utility worker repairing gas main; male, 60.

–1 NY. Sep 27. Tree fall. Location not noted; male.

–1 NC. Struck by a fallen tree; location not noted; male.

–1 RI. Falling tree; male.

Causes of Death (identifiable) – Indirect (8-9)

Airplane Crash (1?)

–1 NY. Airplane crash. “Unsettled weather contributed to…an airplane crash…[NY]…”[20]

Electrocution (1)

–1 NY. Monmouth Co., Long Branch. Electrocution upon touching a downed power line, male

Heart Attack (2)

–1 NH. Sep 27. Heart attack clearing fallen limbs in yard; male, 66

–1 NY. Sep 29. Heart attack; utility repairman restoring power to a home; male.

Tree Fall during Cleanup (2)

–1 CT. Fallen tree “being cut apart by her father;” girl, 6.

–1 MA. Sep 28. Off-duty firefighter; tree destroyed in storm fell on him as he was cutting it.

Traffic Accidents (3)

–2 CT. AP. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, 9-28-1985, 1.

–1 NY. Sep 28. Traffic accident “partly caused by a traffic-light failure brought on by Gloria.

Sources

Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19850930&id=JggeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dmkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6701,7479536

Associated Press (Scott Williams). “Hurricane Gloria: 900,000 are still powerless; damage may total $47 million.” Gettysburg Times, PA, 9-30-1985, p. 1. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=460073&sterm=hurricane+gloria+death

Associated Press. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 9-28-1985, p. 1. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=459974&sterm=hurricane

Associated Press. “Student pilot lands troubled plane in field.” Syracuse Herald-Journal, NY. 9-30-1985, A9. At: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=22608410&sterm=plane

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation. Database. “1985.” Accessed 6-21-2014 at: http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Year=1985&lang=&page=2

Bendici, Ray. “The Perfect Storm.” Connecticut Magazine, 8-26-2011. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.connecticutmag.com/Blogs/On-Connecticut/August-2011/The-Perfect-Storm/

Brodsky, Richard L., Chairman, Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions. Preliminary Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency. 9-15-2005. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.monticellonys.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NYC-OEM-Brodsky-Hurricane-Evacuation-Report-2006-.pdf

Case, Robert A. (National Hurricane Center, NWS, NOAA, Miami, FL). “Annual Summary. Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1985.” Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 14, July 1986, pp. 1390-1405. Accessed 6-21-2014 at: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/mwr_pdf/1985.pdf

Daily Herald, Chicago, IL. “Six feared dead, but Gloria’s a ‘washout’.” 9-28-1985, p. 1. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=15886594&sterm=hurricane

Grammatico, Michael A. “Hurricane Gloria – September 27, 1985.” Geocities.com. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://web.archive.org/web/20080129225712/http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanegloria.htm

Longshore, David. Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones (New Edition). New York, NY: Facts on File, 2008. 468 pages. Google preview accessible at: http://books.google.com/books?id=8kXwskQHBLoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

National Climatic Data Center. Storm Events Database. “Search Results for All Counties in Connecticut. All Available Event Types. 0 events were reported between 09/26/1985 and 09/29/1985 (4 days).” NCDC, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=ALL&beginDate_mm=09&beginDate_dd=26&beginDate_yyyy=1985&endDate_mm=09&endDate_dd=29&endDate_yyyy=1985&county=ALL&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=9%2CCONNECTICUT

National Climatic Data Center. Storm Events Database. “Search Results for All Counties in New York. All Available Event Types. 0 events were reported between 09/26/1985 and 09/29/1985 (4 days).” NCDC, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=ALL&beginDate_mm=09&beginDate_dd=26&beginDate_yyyy=1985&endDate_mm=09&endDate_dd=29&endDate_yyyy=1985&county=ALL&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=36%2CNEW+YORK

National Climatic Data Center. Storm Events Database. “Search Results for All Counties in North Carolina. All Available Event Types. 0 events were reported between 09/26/1985 and 09/29/1985 (4 days).” NCDC, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=ALL&beginDate_mm=09&beginDate_dd=26&beginDate_yyyy=1985&endDate_mm=09&endDate_dd=29&endDate_yyyy=1985&county=ALL&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=37%2CNORTH+CAROLINA

National Hurricane Center. Preliminary Report. Hurricane Gloria, 16 September – 2 October 1985. NHC, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Circa 1985. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://hurricanecentral.freeservers.com/Prelim_Reports/1985_Gloria.htm

National Weather Service, Newport/Morehead City, NC. Event Summaries/Case Studies. “Hurricane Gloria – September 27, 1985.” NWS, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/EventReviews/19850927/19850927.php

Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY. “Gloria’s Winds, Rain Give Area a Soaking,” 9-28-1985, A-7. At: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=19835180&sterm=plane+hurricane+gloria

Syracuse Herald American, NY. “Hurricane forecasters defend warnings.” 9-29-1985, A16. At: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=44292130&sterm=hurricane+gloria

United States Geological Survey. National Water Summary 1985. “Hurricane Gloria,” Washington: GPO, 1986, p. 19. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=9-ZCGdqvy-4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Wick, Steve. “Life in the Wake of Gloria.” Newsday, 4-15-2008. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: https://archive.today/oqHvU

Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 modification. Accessed 6-20-2014 at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria#cite_note-sd-12

[1] We suspect the accuracy of the report of a plane crash fatality in NY related to the hurricane.

[2] As we footnote in the Connecticut breakout we believe this figure to be in error. We can individualize 3 deaths.

[3] Have not been able to substantiate more than three. Believe reporting to be in error and thus do not use.

[4] Cites: National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, “September 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9.

[5] Associated Press. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 9-28-1985, p. 1.

[6] Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A.

[7] Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 mod. Cites: NCDC. Storm Data, “Sept. 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9.

[8] Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A.

[9] Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 mod. Cites: NCDC. Storm Data, “Sept. 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9.

[10] Cites David Longshore, p. 243. However, our copy of Longshore shows 3 deaths (p. 210). Page 319, on New England hurricanes, notes two in CT and one in NH.) Thus this appears to be in error.

[11] Wikipedia. “Hurricane Gloria.” 6-19-2014 mod. Cites: NCDC. Storm Data, “September 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9. Perhaps, but we have checked the Aviation Safety Network Database and can find no New England or northeast aircraft fatal incident before, during, or for weeks after the hurricane. The closest was on Oct 11 in Homer City, PA when a Mountain Cir Cargo DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 plane crashed due to pilot error. It is the case that a private twin-engine plane from Miami, FL was forced to make an unscheduled landing and crashed in Herkimer County (nose wheel broke off and both propellers were damaged, but the two men were reportedly uninjured. (Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY. “Gloria’s Winds, Rain Give Area a Soaking,” 9-28-1985, A-7.) Additionally, on Sep 29, a one engine plane with engine trouble was successfully landed in Galway (Saratoga County) NY by a student pilot, but a bruised chin was the extent of the pilot’s injuries and there was no hospitalization. (AP. “Student pilot lands troubled plane in field.” Syracuse Herald-Journal, NY. 9-30-1985, A9.)

[12] Associated Press. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 9-28-1985, p. 1. The date is from: Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A, which we assume refers to this death, though the report simply notes that a tree limb hit a man in the head.

[13] AP. “Hurricane Gloria: 900,000 are still powerless; damage…$47 million.” Gettysburg Times, PA, 9-30-1985, 1.

[14] Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A.

[15] Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A.

[16] Cites: National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, “September 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9.

[17] Cites: National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, “September 1985,” Vol. 27, No. 9.

[18] Associated Press. “One million without power, 6 dead.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 9-28-1985, p. 1.

[19] Associated Press. “Death Toll From Gloria Rises to 15.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL. 9-30-1985, p. 3A.

[20] As noted above we doubt the accuracy of this report.