Almost 40 years since a direct hurricane hit (New Orleans)

[sunny]

cajungal - Betsy did not make a direct hit on New Orleans. She went in West of us.

And yes, we DID feel Andrew here. I rode it out at my sister's house.

[ROCK]

Jacksonville is another city that never seems to get affected directly. And Tampa. Houston is also lucky with the exception of Allison. And Alicia was a long time ago.

Alicia- 22 years ago...last major Cat3

[JQ Public]

i know it wasn't a direct hit, but did y'all get alot of flooding from Andrew since you were on the right front quadrant of it and the winds were forcing water towards NO.

[sunny]

i know it wasn't a direct hit, but did y'all get alot of flooding from Andrew since you were on the right front quadrant of it and the winds were forcing water towards NO.

Some flooding, not a lot. We had a few small tornado's. One went behind my sister's house and put the small tree in the yard behind her house and into her backyard and into her pool. We were sitting there, the electricity had gone out, the rain was pounding and the winds were hurling. We heard this "noise" and we all just looked at each other with our eyes popping out. Everyone around went out a few minutes later, yes in the weather, with flash lights and saw what had happened.

So yes, we did get some of Andrew.

[zeeman66]

Kind of an innaccurate statement......Cindy rolled right over us the other night and that was no tropical storm,when all is said and done theyre gonna call it a hurricane,sat thru too many of them in NOLA and Alicia in texas,even Andrew in baton Rouge to know that was no tropical storn. As for no direct hit,Lets count Cindy,Danny in 79,took agood lick from Florence in 88.cpouple of others i cant remember and several tropical storms that dumped so much water over us truth be known we would have faired better with 90mph winds. All this "NOLA hasnt been hit since Betsy" is a load of BS,sometimes i think people just want some kind of almost morbid bragging rights for their own area so they can play the we had more storms than you game.

[cajungal]

Kind of an innaccurate statement......Cindy rolled right over us the other night and that was no tropical storm,when all is said and done theyre gonna call it a hurricane,sat thru too many of them in NOLA and Alicia in texas,even Andrew in baton Rouge to know that was no tropical storn. As for no direct hit,Lets count Cindy,Danny in 79,took agood lick from Florence in 88.cpouple of others i cant remember and several tropical storms that dumped so much water over us truth be known we would have faired better with 90mph winds. All this "NOLA hasnt been hit since Betsy" is a load of BS,sometimes i think people just want some kind of almost morbid bragging rights for their own area so they can play the we had more storms than you game.

That is why I am not going to post on the boards much anymore. If I get a rude response almost everytime just for making a simple thread. You can state your opinion, but you don't have to be rude about it.

[Huckster]

Kind of an innaccurate statement......Cindy rolled right over us the other night and that was no tropical storm,when all is said and done theyre gonna call it a hurricane,sat thru too many of them in NOLA and Alicia in texas,even Andrew in baton Rouge to know that was no tropical storn. As for no direct hit,Lets count Cindy,Danny in 79,took agood lick from Florence in 88.cpouple of others i cant remember and several tropical storms that dumped so much water over us truth be known we would have faired better with 90mph winds. All this "NOLA hasnt been hit since Betsy" is a load of BS,sometimes i think people just want some kind of almost morbid bragging rights for their own area so they can play the we had more storms than you game.

I was in Baton Rouge for Andrew and I was down in New Orleans on the lakefront near UNO during the worst of Cindy. Cindy doesn't compare to Betsy, and while I was not alive for Betsy, the observations prove this, and Betsy remains the last direct hit by a hurricane. So far, the highest winds I've seen reported for Cindy in New Orleans were around 70 mph, which is about what most of Baton Rouge got during Andrew, except probably the far southwest sections of East Baton Rouge Parish, which probably did get gusts near 100 mph. During Betsy, wind gusts near 130 mph where recorded in New Orleans. Florence was a tropical storm when it passed over New Orleans in 1988, as was BOB in 1979.

I think it is perfectly justified to say that New Orleans has not been directly hit by a hurricane since 1965, and has not had hurricane force winds from a hurricane since 1969, unless someone can come up with data that proves otherwise. Seventy mile per hour gusts at Lakefront Airport do not prove that Cindy was at hurricane intensity as it passed near New Orleans. Although I don't doubt that stronger winds occured farther east in the right front quadrant of the storm, its unlikely that Cindy still had sustained winds of 74 mph while the center was just east or southeast of New Orleans. This is, of course, assuming that Cindy was actually a hurricane at landfall and not a 70 mph tropical storm, and right now, that has not been proven. The last time for sure that I know of that the eye of a hurricane passed over NO was in 1947.

[zeeman66]

Kind of an innaccurate statement......Cindy rolled right over us the other night and that was no tropical storm,when all is said and done theyre gonna call it a hurricane,sat thru too many of them in NOLA and Alicia in texas,even Andrew in baton Rouge to know that was no tropical storn. As for no direct hit,Lets count Cindy,Danny in 79,took agood lick from Florence in 88.cpouple of others i cant remember and several tropical storms that dumped so much water over us truth be known we would have faired better with 90mph winds. All this "NOLA hasnt been hit since Betsy" is a load of BS,sometimes i think people just want some kind of almost morbid bragging rights for their own area so they can play the we had more storms than you game.

I was in Baton Rouge for Andrew and I was down in New Orleans on the lakefront near UNO during the worst of Cindy. Cindy doesn't compare to Betsy, and while I was not alive for Betsy, the observations prove this, and Betsy remains the last direct hit by a hurricane. So far, the highest winds I've seen reported for Cindy in New Orleans were around 70 mph, which is about what most of Baton Rouge got during Andrew, except probably the far southwest sections of East Baton Rouge Parish, which probably did get gusts near 100 mph. During Betsy, wind gusts near 130 mph where recorded in New Orleans. Florence was a tropical storm when it passed over New Orleans in 1988, as was BOB in 1979.

I think it is perfectly justified to say that New Orleans has not been directly hit by a hurricane since 1965, and has not had hurricane force winds from a hurricane since 1969, unless someone can come up with data that proves otherwise. Seventy mile per hour gusts at Lakefront Airport do not prove that Cindy was at hurricane intensity as it passed near New Orleans. Although I don't doubt that stronger winds occured farther east in the right front quadrant of the storm, its unlikely that Cindy still had sustained winds of 74 mph while the center was just east or southeast of New Orleans. This is, of course, assuming that Cindy was actually a hurricane at landfall and not a 70 mph tropical storm, and right now, that has not been proven. The last time for sure that I know of that the eye of a hurricane passed over NO was in 1947.

Ok,whatever makes you guys feel better. I was not rude AT ALL....this place at times has more people who want to be right than people who actually are interested in sharing information or anything else,and if what i said there was percieved as rude to some i cant help that,i've seen far worse here. Most here believe what they want anyway. Believe me nothing i say here should keep anyone from posting,i think i have maybe 4 or 5 total posts.....enjoy yourselves.

[Radar]

I'm staying neutral on this topic.... But I will add this.... I think the reason why this thread invited debate was just the general topic. The topic was that New Orleans hasnt had a direct hit in 40 yrs. Well, that is debatable if you count Tropical storms or if you count the times storms have come close to NOLA and caused flooding and damage. Maybe a better topic should have been less general that way no one could argue. Like "N.O. hasnt taken a direct hit by a Major hurricane in 40 years". Just some food for thought and to let people know to be specific if they dont want an argument. This is like a community and as you all know there are going to always be those who dont see eye to eye. Cajungal please reconsider your position on not posting as I have always enjoyed your commentary and sharing of your knowledge.

[patsmsg]

No major hurricanes have hit New Orleans since about the time they got the Saints. They don't win games, but they DO keep hurricanes away. Look at Florida, they have a (college) team called the Hurricanes... so, of course, they are going to get hit all of the time

[bayoubebe]

I sure wish all that praying would help the Saints have a winning season.

The nuns in the dome try sooo hard too.

[bfez1]

And I'm hoping it will be 40 more till the next one!!!