Cameron,Louisiana's history with tropical systems
current weather
(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given.

Years within 60 miles
1879br,1882ts,1886,1886ts,1888br,1897,1898-2tsbr,1905-2tsbr,1918,1920br
1932-37tsbr,1938ts,1940,1940ts,1941br,1943ts,1946ts,1957,1957ts,1971
1974bdts,1978,1979ts,1982ts,1985-2br,1986-89-92br,2004tsbr,2005,2007 br,2008tsbr,2008br
37 times in 139 yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Audrey,Bertha,Edith,Carmen,Debra,Claudette,Chris,Danny,Juan,Bonnie,Chantal,Andrew ,Rita,Humberto,Edouard,Ike,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.76 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(8h)once every 17.38 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2012 season.

Last affected by
2008 Hurricane Ike hits 95 miles to the south on Sept 13th with 110mph winds this massive hurricane gave Cameron hurricane force gusts & a very high storm surge flooding many areas.

This areas hurricane past
in 1837 8 ft rise in lake pochatrain
1865 several thousand killed by a hurricane
1879 aug 23rd a 12 ft storm surge & many buildings destroyed.
1886 oct 12th a 9 ft storm surge as winds blew for 36 hrs,most houses removed from foundations due to storm surge.196 killed & hundreds of cattle killed
1918 early august,100mph. It struck without warning.press 28.36 gusts to 125mph.Overall moderate damage 34 killed
1940 aug 7th,6 killed 5ft storm surge
aug 1940 a hurricane well to the south slow moving dumped 21 inches of rain
1957 hurricane Audrey Thousands of buildings destroyed june 27th. Between 90 and 95 percent of the buildings in Cameron and Lower Vermilion Parishes were damaged beyond repair. 13 ft s.s decreased to 7.6 ft by the time it reached Lake Charles.Est 556 killed 144mph over 40,000 homless in Louisiana. Pressure at landfall recorded at 959mb 28.30 inches with a forward speed of 14mph,most winds at ground level were in the cat 1 range...
1971 edith gusts to 95mph 6 ft s.s ,69mph in Cameron with gusts to 96mph passed approx 30 miles east of Cameron.Heavy damage to sugarcane crops.
2005 Sept 24th Hurricane Rita hits with 120mph winds. High storm surge in many areas of Vermillion parish with very heavy damage.Moves slowly to the NW as a large hurricane weakening while moving in. Before and after Rita | Radar at landfall | Louisiana from space before & after Rita | Newspaper headline | Damage map



Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
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