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t: Olli
"Major Storms Nothing New in New Orleans"(Source: Associated Press, 9/1/05)
The final tally will no doubt show Hurricane Katrina gave the New Orleans region its worst weather battering ever — but major storms are no stranger to the area.
As recently as Sept. 27, 1998, Hurricane Georges threatened the city, prompting a large scale evacuation of the Big Easy and the first use of the Louisiana Superdome as a last-resort shelter. That evacuation effort was the largest such effort in U.S. history to that time.
And as early as 1722, when the city was only a few years old, its first great hurricane arrived, on Sept. 12.
"Toward 10 o'clock in the evening there sprang up the most terrible hurricane which has been seen in these quarters," Diron D'Artaguiette wrote in his journal. "At New Orleans 34 houses were destroyed as well as the sheds, including the parsonage and hospital."
Again in 1779 a mighty storm swept into the city, prompting the then Spanish governor Bernardo de Galvez to report: "The village presents the most pitiful sight. There are but few houses which have not been destroyed, and there are so many wrecked to pieces."
William Dunbar, a longtime American resident of the region, reported on storms in 1779 and 1780.
"I was in New Orleans during the first of those two. More than half of the town was stript of its covering, many houses thrown down in town and country," Dunbar wrote, "no ship of vessel of any kind was seen on the river next morning.
The reports from D'Artaguiette, de Galvez and Dunbar are published in the book "Early American Hurricanes" by David M. Ludlum, which also notes major storms striking the region in 1794 and 1812.
Under the headline "Awful and Distressing," the New Orleans Gazette reported that the 1812 storm "continued with most dreadful violence for upwards of four hours."
An 1831 hurricane produced heavy damage when an overflow from Lake Pontchartrain swamped parts of the city. This was reported as the strongest since 1812 at New Orleans.
No less than three hurricanes battered the city in 1860.
"Another Terrific Storm," the New Orleans Picayune lamented in October, adding a new chapter to batterings in August and September.
More recent hurricanes blasting the Crescent City, according to the National Weather Service, have included:
_Sept. 29, 1915: A devastating hurricane moved over Grand Isle and into the Greater New Orleans area. Winds were measured at 140 mph at Grand Isle. Some 275 people were killed across Southeast Louisiana. In Leeville, LA, only one building out of 100 survived the storm.
_Sept. 19, 1947: Hurricane crossed the Mississippi and Louisiana coast moving into Lake Borgne and over downtown New Orleans. Tides rose to 12 feet at Biloxi, Bay Saint Louis and Gulfport, Miss. A total of 51 lives were lost, 17 in Florida, 12 in Louisiana and 22 in Mississippi.
_Sept. 24, 1956: Hurricane Flossy completely submerged Grand Isle and bore down on the Greater New Orleans area. Residents evacuated to shelters with fear of the 1947 hurricane on their minds.
_Oct. 3, 1964: Hurricane Hilda reached maximum strength about 350 miles south of New Orleans and headed into Southeast Louisiana. Winds to 135 mph were recorded at Franklin, La. There were 38 fatalities.
_Sept. 9, 1965: Hurricane Betsy struck while the city was still recovering from Hilda. A storm surge of 10 feet caused New Orleans' worst flooding since the hurricane of 1947. Betsy claimed 81 lives and was the first U.S. hurricane to produce over $1 billion damage.
_Aug. 17, 1969: Hurricane Camille, a category 5 storm, the most powerful, came ashore just east of the mouth of the Mississippi, making landfall at Pass Christian, Miss. Winds sustained over 200 mph at peak and a 25-foot storm surge crashed into the coast. There were 258 deaths including nine in Louisiana.
• Aug. 26, 1992: Hurricane Andrew, after battering South Florida, moved into south Louisiana. Andrew spawned a deadly tornado in Laplace, La., killing 2 people and causing $1.5 million damage several hours prior to Andrew's landfall.
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