In early March of 1962 a massive storm developed along the Carolina Capes, instead of riding up and along the coast as usually occurs, that system was blocked by a large and building high pressure system over New England. The storm stalled and got stronger, the result was a strengthening pressure difference known as a pressure gradient, between the high pressure area and the storm. The result of such a pressure difference is usually a stronger and stronger wind flow and such a situation developed in 1962. That flow piled up massive amounts of water on the coast, not unlike a Hurricane. This weather situation held relentlessly for days and the result was massive beach erosion, especially along the New Jersey coast. Waves reached 40’ high and several resort islands, like Long Beach Island, New Jersey were cut in several places and new inlets opened up. It would take years for the Army Corps of Engineers to make the Islands whole again.

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