It is written "A drought can satisfy a thirst for knowledge. Drought in the
summer of 1957 helped reveal exact location of a Revolutionary War
fortification at the Manor of St. George. Fort was built by occupying British
forces in 1780, but was wrecked shortly later by American raiding party. The
1957 drought seared the Manor lawns, then rains partly restored the grass,
but some of it remained brown, showing shadowy outlines of a trench. The
Booth map showed a trench 90 feet square surrounding blockhouse at west end
of fort. Archeologists have found that grass grows thin or discolored where
topsoil has been disturbed even though centuries may have elapsed since the
disturbance." - Museum Manor St. George, near Mastic Beach, Long Island, New
York, not far from the monument to the victims of Flight 800 crash.