Record #:

23424

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Throughout Pitt County's history, people reported strange weather and things in the sky. In the years 1798, 1838, 1842, 1867, 1887, and 1919 the Tar River flooded tremendously. The largest of these floods was in November 1887, in which the Tar River Bridge almost floated away. In 1816, North Carolina experienced the \"year without a summer,\" at which time the snow and cold weather lasted through August. The Tar River froze over to the point that people walked and sometimes drove across it in 1857, 1893, and 1917. Great snows came to Pitt County in 1876 - 77, 1889, and 1902. In May 1901, F.C. Harding reported \"black hail\" near Ayden. In 1915, hail fell eight inches thick in downtown Greenville. A comet crossed the sky in September 1769, and Pitt County residents saw meteors in 1857, 1935, and 1934. An Aurora Borealis lit the sky September 2 - 4, 1859. UFOs allegedly flew over the County on: April 8, 1897; June 1897; April 11, 1950; July 27, 1967; and several times between 1973 and 1975.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Nov 23-Dec 6 2005, p10

Subject(s):

Unidentified flying objects; Floods--Greenville; Weather--Greenville