1915 — Sep 29-Oct 1, Hurricane, LA and MS Coasts –275-279

— 279 Pedro. Delineating Hurricane-Vulnerable Populations in Orleans Parish, LA. 2006, p.2.
— 275 Bedient and Sebastian. “An Introduction to Gulf Coast Severe Storms…” 2012, p. 8.
— 275 Blake, et al. The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense US Cyclones…, April 2007.
— 275 Dunn and Miller. Atlantic Hurricanes (Revised Edition). 1964, p. 320.
— 275 Hebert/Taylor. The Deadliest, Costliest…Most Intense…Hurricanes…This Century. 1983
— 275 Hebert/Jarrell/Mayfield. The Deadliest, Costliest…[US] Hurricanes… 1993, p. 80.
— 275 Jarrell, et al. The Deadliest, Costliest…Most Intense…Hurricanes…1900 to 2000. 2001.
–~275 Landsea. “A Reanalysis…1911-20 Atlantic Hurricane Database.” Climate V21, 2008, 21
— 275 NWS. Top Weather Events…20th Cent.…NWSFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge…, 2008.
— 275 Sav. Natural Disasters: Some Empirical and Economic Considerations. Feb 1974, p 8
— 275 Wolshon, et al. National Review of Hurricane Evacuation Plans and Policies. 2001.
–>250 Information Annual 1915: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 551.

Louisiana: (183-275)
— 275 NWS. Top Weather Events…20th Cent.…NWSFO New Orleans/Baton Rouge…, 2008.
— 183 Information Annual 1915: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 551

— 22 Delacroix. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 23 Frenier. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 35 La Branche. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 22 Lake Catherine Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 23 Lower coast. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 22 New Orleans. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 21 Rigolets. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.
— 15 Shell Beach. Information Annual 1915: A…Cyclopedia…Digest…Current Events. 551.

Mississippi: ( 50)
— 50 Information Annual 1915: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 551.

Narrative Information

Information Annual 1915: “In the death toll of the great storm that ravaged the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts over 250 were listed dead on Oct 1. Fifty were along the Mississippi coast. Twenty-two in New Orleans. From other places the dead were tabulated as follows:

Frenier, La., 23;
La Branche, La., 35;
Shell Beach, La., 15;
Lower coast of Louisiana, 23;
Delacroix, La., 22;
Rigolets, La., 21;
Lake Catherine, La., 22.”
(Information Annual 1915: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events. 1916, 551)

Landsea: “…in 1915…storm 6 struck Louisiana south of New Orleans, killed about 275 people, and was originally listed as a 931-mb category 4 hurricane at landfall. The reanalysis raised the central pressure upward to 944 mb, which along with a large RMW [radius of maximum wind] of 26 n mi [nautical miles] suggests winds of about 110 kt necessitating a reduction to a category 3 at landfall.” (Landsea. “A Reanalysis…1911-20 Atlantic Hurricane Database.” Climate V21, 2008, p. 21.)

NWS, on September 29, 1915: “This devastating Category 4 hurricane moved over Grand Isle and into the Greater New Orleans area. Winds were measured at 140 mph at Grand Isle. 275 people were killed across Southeast Louisiana as the storm moved up the Mississippi River. In Leeville, LA, only 1 building out of 100 survived the storm.” (NWS, Top Weather Events…20th Cent…NWSFO N.O./Baton Rouge Service Area, 2008)

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