Remembering The Great Flood of 1974 [Video]

May 17, 1974 started off like any other sunny spring day, but it very quickly turned into a day of disaster.

“I was in high school at the time and my boss came to get me and told me to help get stuff out of the business’ basement because apparently a flood was coming,” said Cambridge resident, Ross Light. “So I hopped on my motorcycle and went to the store and started working downstairs. I got a call from the top of the stairway: ‘Ross, get out of the basement, the water is coming across the street.’ So I went up, got on my motorcycle quickly and left to higher ground.”

Light, who was 17-years-old at the time, shared his story at the Cambridge Fire Hall Museum on Saturday where community members gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Great Flood of ’74.

No one died and no one …