Hurricane Havoc!

I don't know how many of you are aware that I am from Louisiana, but now you know. I grew up in New Orleans and I grew up with hurricanes. I remember when they were all female names, well I have to admit I remember further back than that. My first big one was "Betsy" in 1965. She caused big damage in the Bahamas and Florida before making landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi in New Orleans and at the time she was the most costly hurricane in history, earning her the nickname "Billion Dollar Betsy" as the first storm on record to cause over a billion dollars in damage. WOW! at today's prices that would be over 10 billion, she was also responsible for 76 deaths in my home state. I was just a kid at the time and watched things from a much different perspective than an adult would. I remember that we had a hurricane party of sorts with lots of friends and family over and I got to stay up late. What I remember most was burning my hand on the kerosene lantern I was told to stay away from. We had some street flooding and power outages and tree branches down but by the next day I was out playing in the street.

Just a note about the hurricane party thing, because even if you are not from Louisiana you have probably heard of it. It isn't just partying for the sake of partying. It isn't that we just get drunk and don't care what happens. The fact is some friends and family live in homes or areas that would put that more in harms way so they are invited to a safer place by other friends and family. The homes deemed to be the safest always ended up with a croud.

Years later I met my first wife who grew up across town from where I did and shared stories. As it turns out she and family members were rescued from the attic of her grandmother's home by boat. That's all I have to say about my first wife!

I'll eventually get to this decade, but you'll have to come back to read about Camille in 1969 and she came with 190 mph winds, highest recorded at her time.

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