Long Island Express
by Flo Jonic
WRNI (May 15, 2006)

Hurricane Season is approaching. Each year, meteorologists warn that this region is long overdue for a catastrophic storm. There hasn't been one since 1954. The most serious storm in anyone's memory is the "Long Island Express," which struck Rhode Island in 1938.

Click the listen link to hear Flo Jonic look back on that storm and ask about the state's readiness for the next big storm.

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