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Wetlands - Nature's 'Horizontal Levees' - Blunt Storm Damage

Great Hammock marsh in Old Saybrook is an example of coastal wetlands that have tangible value in absorbing a hurricane or other major storm's floodwaters. Go to theday.com to read the complete report, The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection. (Photo: Dana Jensen)

In 1960, Hurricane Donna taught Bob Fish a lesson he's never forgotten.

Fish lived then on the west side of Old Saybrook close to the Long Island Sound shoreline. As Donna's 100-mph winds swept through southeastern Connecticut, he recalled, the Great Hammock tidal marsh between his neighborhood and the Sound filled quickly with waters from the storm surge. Some roads in the neighborhood flooded, but homes and other property were for the most part spared.

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