NEW ORLEANS — Before Hurricane Katrina, there was Hurricane Betsy. Sixty years ago, on Sept. 9, 1965, Betsy struck New Orleans as one of the most destructive hurricanes of its time. Levee breaches ...
(KALB) - In today’s edition of This Day in History, we are taking you back 60 years. On September 9, 1965, Hurricane Betsy was heading towards the Louisiana coast. Betsy strengthened back to a ...
Recently, in a letter in this publication, writers Paul Kemp and Ivor van Heerden stated the pre-Hurricane Katrina levee boards gave the Army Corps of Engineers a 40-year pass on the “never quite ...