"About the only consolation you have is when it gets level with your latitude, the chances are pretty slim it will turn back" Forecaster Raymand Kraft.
Hurricane Betsy was an erratic Hurricane with movement taking her nearly up
30 deg north then abruptly turning south around the southern tip of Florida. Key
Largo was hit directly, then the New Orleans area would be next. The death toll
reached 75 & when all was said & done,both Florida & Louisiana were very
lucky as things could have been much worse. At landfall in South Florida a yacht measured a 6 ft tide in the Miami River and low pressure Barometer Graph seen here
Vital statistics as follows: Measured Gusts via NHC archives
Nassau,Bahamas 126mph, 966mb
North tip of Andros Island 126mph
Abaco Island 178mph WSW
Key Largo,Florida hit with 126mph
Tavernier,Florida gusts to 120mph NW
Plantation key,Florida gusts to 100mph,highest on scale
Big Pine Key,Florida 125mph SW
Key West,Florida gusts to 81mph SW
Miami bch,Florida gusts to 92mph NNE
University of Miami, 105mph
At 28.3N x 89.2W 50miles s.e of Louisiana coast 155mph
Port Sulfur,Louisiana gusts to 136mph
Grand Isle,LA 160mph
New Orleans, 112mph
Morgan city,LA 128mph North
Gulfport MS, 100mph
Bay St Louis, 120mph
S.Florida 6 ft storm surge
East Louisiana 8 to 10 ft storm surge
Lowest Pressure 941mb or 27.76inch
Born as Cape Verde storm August 27th & died sept 11th over the southeast
U.S
Betsy was attempted to be cloud seeded but the eye was not well enough formed. Scienentist were blamed for erratic
movement as they were flying research missions into Betsy.
