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Paul McCardell is a librarian at The Baltimore Sun. He joined The Sun in 1983. A Baltimore native, Paul graduated from The Catholic University Of America with a Mastersof Science in Library and Information Science.

In Aug. 1933 a powerful storm that left much of Ocean City in shambles had a silver lining by creating the inlet between Sinepuxent Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

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How Ocean City got its inlet: See the Maryland town before and after powerful 1933 storm

August 21, 2024 at 5:24 p.m.

In Aug. 1933 a powerful storm that left much of Ocean City in shambles had a silver lining by creating the inlet between Sinepuxent Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

Months before it was virtually wiped out by 1962's Ash Wednesday Storm, Assateague Island subdivision Ocean Beach's Baltimore Boulevard was lined with 30 stilt-footed cottages and columns of utility poles. (A. Aubrey Bodine/Staff)

Local News |
Part of Assateague Island was poised to be ‘Ocean City South’ when Ash Wednesday Storm hit

March 10, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.

Much of the Maryland part of Assateague could have been a resort community called Ocean Beach if not for The Great Northeaster of March 1962.

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