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2005/9/2, Zator <peke_ät_futis.net>:> > > Ei nyt aleta kinastelemaan, mutta tälläiset copy/paste englannin kieliset> jutut, voisi mieluiten laittaa linkin sivuille kun alkaa postaa niitä tänne!> > > --- Olli Haukkovaara <cruzan_ät_gmail.com> wrote:> > From: Olli Haukkovaara <cruzan_ät_gmail.com>> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:29:43 +0300> To: myrskybongarit-l_ät_ursa.fi> Subject: [myrskybongarit-l] Fwd:Major Storms Nothing New in New Orleans> > Historiasta ei opita mitään.... ihme että tuota kaupunkia ei> siirrettykauemmaksi sisämaahan jo ennen kuin se kasvoi suurkaupungiksi...> > 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 shelte
r. 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 mp
h 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 cla!
imed 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.> //end//-- terveisin, Olli> --> Myrskybongareiden sähköpostilista: myrskybongarit-l_ät_ursa.fi ***> Liittymiset ja eroamiset:> http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/viestinta/listat.html ***> Listan www-arkisto:> http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/viestinta/listat/myrskybongarit-l/summary.html> > t: Olli> "Major Storms Nothing New in New Orleans"(Source: Associated Press, 9/1/05)> The final tally will no dou
bt 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, a!
nd> 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 Pica
yune 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 3!
50 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.> //end//-- terveisin, Olli> --> Myrskybongareiden säh
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