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Mother Nature had declared war and in so doing she left the nearby town of Hull a scarred battlefield. Until February 20, 13 days after the Blizzard of '78 had ended, army units were still blockading the two roads leading into the South Shore peninsula on which the town lies. Craters several feet in diameter pock marked the streets where sweeping tides had torn up the asphalt pavement...
...storm caused only one fatality in the town; nevertheless, the devastation was awesome. Geographically speaking, the storm could not have found a more suitable victim. Hull, Massachusetts consists of four drumlins--glacial hills--connected by seven miles of low-lying land. The town's width varies between a half mile and ten yards, and once the high tide had flowed over the seawalls, it rolled right across to the ocean on the other side of the town...
Physically, Hull survived the storm. The question now is whether the working- and lower-middle-class community of 11,000 can weather the aftermath. Hull is strictly a residential community. Outside of the summertime amusement park and dozens of bars and liquor stores, the town has no industry or commercial tax base. Before the storm an estimated 40 to 60 per cent of the town's residents received some sort of public assistance. Since the storm the Federal government has declared the town a disaster area. Lining up by the thousands at the temporary relief center, the townsfolk wait...
...have a split decision," Ring Announcer Chuck 'Hull proclaimed, and absolute silence fell over the plush Las Vegas boxing emporium where Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks had struggled through 15 lashing rounds to claim sport's most special crown. "Judge Art Lurie: 143-142, Ali. Judge Lou Tabat: 145-140, Spinks. Judge Harold Buck: 144-141." A pause, a breath in that utter stillness and then: "The new Heavyweight Champion of the World, Leon Spinks...
...seaside houses and forced thousands to flee inland. In Revere, Mass., some people clung to the rooftops of their houses. "Twice each day, when the tide came in, I thought I was going to die," said Anthony Chiarella, who retreated to his attic with his dog Sergeant. In Hull, Teacher Martha Fingers and her family rested in shifts so that they would not be caught unaware if the house was about to be swept away. "We didn't really sleep," she told rescuers. "The waves kept rocking the house." The sidewheeler Peter Stuyvesant, which formed part of Anthony...