New orleans hurricane of 1985?

[Radar]

Let's hope no one in N.O. has made the Voodoo God's mad this year. I've heard alot about Elena living on the MS Gulf Coast but it is Camille the locals really continually bring up....

[AussieMark]

was Betsy the last major cane to affect New Orleans?

[wxman57]

Betsy's core passed well south of New Orleans. Depends on what you mean by "affect". Andrew in 1992 passed just a little south of Betsy's track and "affected" New Orleans.

[Brent]

If you mean "affected" Georges did in 1998. They had squalls from it.

I think you mean direct hit though which it's been a VERY long time.

[Steve]

>>If you mean "affected" Georges did in 1998. They had squalls from it.

It was a 2 though. We only got about .25" of rain from Georges. Because it was after a semi-drought period, a lot of limbs fell and took out power lines. Lili was the last 2 to have any real effect here though.

Steve

[skysummit]

My parents lived in NO in 1985. They evaced twice for Juan. They left heading for Meridian and heard the storm was heading away, returned to NO only to leave again. They lived only 3 blocks from the lake so we were very concerned.

We had to evacute for Juan also....barely a hurricane, yet still put 4 feet of water in our home. That's why we had to leave...the water was rising so fast, we didn't have a choice. The water stayed for about a week. This was in Lockport, La.

[Brent]

>>If you mean "affected" Georges did in 1998. They had squalls from it.

It was a 2 though. We only got about .25" of rain from Georges. Because it was after a semi-drought period, a lot of limbs fell and took out power lines. Lili was the last 2 to have any real effect here though.

Steve

True... it's been even longer since a major. I guess Andrew was the closest call but the core was nowhere near New Orleans in that one.

[tailgater]

Betsy's core passed well south of New Orleans. Depends on what you mean by "affect". Andrew in 1992 passed just a little south of Betsy's track and "affected" New Orleans.

Betsy was by for the worst in recent memory and IMMO was just about the worst track, I'm sure others will argue but a large slow moving storm with a northward track that moves just west of the BIG EASY would be Worst case senerio.

[wxman57]

Betsy's core passed well south of New Orleans. Depends on what you mean by "affect". Andrew in 1992 passed just a little south of Betsy's track and "affected" New Orleans.

Betsy was by for the worst in recent memory and IMMO was just about the worst track, I'm sure others will argue but a large slow moving storm with a northward track that moves just west of the BIG EASY would be Worst case senerio.

Oh, I agree, Betsy produced the worst conditions in New Orleans in recent memory. I went through Betsy in Lafayette, LA. We had probably Cat 1 conditions there with gusts of over 100 mph. But Betsy's center passed about 60 miles south of New Orleans. As you know, there's a considerable jump in wind speeds within 60 miles of the eye of a hurricane. New Orleans missed the core but still got some pretty strong wind.

[tailgater]

Betsy's landfall was near Grand Isle but she passed east of Raceland if I remember correctly which would put her 30 miles or less from the city(not trying to split hairs) probably within the edge of the eye wall. N.O. east got some of the worst flooding.

[BayouVenteux]

Betsy's core passed well south of New Orleans. Depends on what you mean by "affect". Andrew in 1992 passed just a little south of Betsy's track and "affected" New Orleans.

"Core" is a relative term when you are dealing with a storm that has an eye that's 30-40 statute miles wide, as was Betsy's. Andrew, albeit a powerful storm, had a windfield radius MUCH smaller than Betsy.