Comments on: Summer Vacation: Greetings from Ocean City!

By: Ocean City: The Great March Storm of 1962 | underbelly

Ocean City: The Great March Storm of 1962 | underbelly — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:44:56 +0000

[...] were nearly nine and a half feet above average low tide. (In comparison, the highest tides of the powerful hurricane that hit Ocean City in 1933 were just over seven [...]

By: Robert Cecil-Calvert

Robert Cecil-Calvert — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:22:26 +0000

Thanks for this article. Perhaps you might mention that copies of these Bodine photographs are available for sale from his daughter on her web site.
Would Assateaque have been saved from development? Not if: Sen. Millard E. Tydings had his way with “a man-made canal five miles south of Ocean City.”
Ocean City has grown into a dump. I don’t know if I will even ride or sail in for Thrasher’s or the new Grotto’s.

By: Eighty years ago today – the Chesapeake and Potomac hurricane

Eighty years ago today – the Chesapeake and Potomac hurricane — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:27:43 +0000

[...] the Maryland Historic Society: “Ocean City, MD. View of the damage after the hurricane of 1933, A. Aubrey Bodine, 1933, [...]

By: Ocean City: The Great Hurricane of 1933 | underbelly

Ocean City: The Great Hurricane of 1933 | underbelly — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:55:33 +0000

[...] weeks ago, literally minutes before we published our Ocean City post, we made a serendipitous find. While working on an unrelated patron request we stumbled across a [...]

By: Summer Vacation: Greetings from Ocean City! – Maryland Historical … | Ocean City MD Boardwalk

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 23:54:33 +0000

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By: Edward P. Arthur

Edward P. Arthur — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:28:44 +0000

I loved your article about Ocean City. While I am sure that you have many subjects that you want to do I would suggest a popular and fascinating subject is the building of the Baltimore Beltway. I once did some research for a patron of MdHS and found that the library has lots of information on that subject. Many people in Baltimore remember the pre-beltway days and the improvements made by this popular event in the history of our city.

By: mdhslibrarydept

mdhslibrarydept — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:41:51 +0000

Thanks for the additional info David! In a couple weeks we are going to post some original footage of the inlet tearing across the island. Stay tuned

By: David McDonald

David McDonald — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:24:50 +0000

Great post! It’s also interesting to note that the storm also ended a growing real estate development on Assateauge Island just south of Ocean City. The storm surge scoured the north end of the island nearly clean and only traces of the asphalt paved streets remain today. In effect, the storm and the Ocean City inlet are responsible for preserving what is now a State park and National Seashore at Assateauge!