Hurricane Erie On June 12, 3005, Hurricane Erie made land fall on the coast of Virginia. At 4:56am the eye of Hurricane Erie had moved across the city of Fredericksburg. Hurricane Erie huddled over the town of Fredericksburg for an amazingly twenty-four hours. Those twenty-four hours set a record for the most consecutive hours a hurricane sustained in one area. Most hurricanes do not stay in one are for more than ten hours. One day later the …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 548 total…of the complete damage done by Hurricane Erie. Many of the town's people who did survive had nothing to go back to. They had no home, car, or clothes. Most of the people who survived moved away from the coast and now live inland. Every time they hear about a possible hurricane in the Atlantic, they flee more inland. That night still haunts them and they are trying to forget those memories of Hurricane Erie.