Forest fires cause the sun and moon over the Northeast to appear blue.
The storm surge of a hurricane traveling from the Gulf of Mexico submerges the Louisiana bayou country where 2,000 are killed within two days. On the same day, in 1752, the Carolinas are hammered by a second hurricane arriving within two weeks that destroys the Onslow County courthouse and causes Beacon Island to vanish. An early arriving windstorm sweeps into Northern California and Oregon, extensively damaging crops in the Sacramento Valley and toppling thousands of trees. One of the worst gales to ever batter Nantucket engulfs the Cape Cod fishing fleet at sea, killing 57 men from Truro alone and drives 40 ships ashore at Cape Cod. At Home Corporation.