I went through Hurricane Betsy in a boat. I was a teen aged crew member on an 82 foot Coast Guard Cutter stationed in Morgan City Louisana. We went out to a lighthouse to pick up two people, two boxer dogs and 2 cases of beer. From there we went back into the bayous to ride out the storm. In the middle of it, another crew member and I went over to the lock master's bunker from the boat. We had an anemometer to measure wind speed. It probably wasn't all that accurate but it said 160mph!!! I could lean into the wind, with my hands out the side and stay there with my head about a foot off the ground.
I was 6 and remembered we lost our porch roof - my father was up all night making sure we was safe - his brothers home got damaged in Bourg - they came to stay with us - lots of ppl sleeping at my house
I was 4. My mother put us to bed in case it flooded. She thought she could float us out on the mattress. We didn’t flood but the Mississippi River got to within a foot of the levee at the end of our street. The winds moved the poles on the porch and there were loads of tadpoles in the puddle at the end of our driveway. I remember hearing rain blowing against the house and windows. We were fine afterwards. I wouldn’t want to be in another one again. Since I’m in Kentucky now it’s doubtful I will. God bless those that live near the gulf.
Lived in Gretna, right outside on NewOrleans....I was 7 and remember it well.....we moved back up north to NJ after...it was awful....what the news doesn't show are all the gators and snakes that are all over the place....
I lived in Gretna, too, during Betsy. I was 6 years old at the time. It is one of the most vivid memories I have of my childhood. I remember crossing the yard to get to a safer place from my family's house to our cousin's house, water waste high holding my 9-month-old baby sister.
I was in Gretna too and 5 years old. That wind blew and the house was shaking. We lost one big tree. Garage doors were like breathing in and out and can still hear my dad yelling at me to get out of that garage lol. Street flooding came right up to house but not in. We had only been in our brand new house 2 months and mom was crying but we had no damage. The next day we saw that the screen for the Gretna Drive In was twisted and demolished. The site of the drive in is now the Garden Lane Apartments. Been through all the hurricanes around here since but this was the loudest and strongest winds I remember. The eye of storm looked like came right up Barataria Bay and went over the west bank. Betsy was stronger than Katrina as far as winds were concerned no doubt but going west of the city was better for city as far as storm surge. It was a hell of a night.
It was September 10, 1965, I know I was there also got a baby sister that night named Betsy! I was also there for Camille Frederick Katrina and all the others if you live in south Mississippi, you don’t forget !!! they had to open the back very bridge. The old one to let my mother through to go to Biloxi regional where Betsy was born. We sheltered at D’Iberville. Elementary seems so long ago.
Hurricane Camille took a lot of attention off this hurricane but it sounds pretty damn bad... I live in midwest but have a place in Tampa I go to Florida a lot luckily Tampa never gets hit but gets scared for sure ... Man these hurricanes are crazy
At 11:36 i see what looks like the bunker located between West End blvd and Ponchartrain blvd. www.google.com/maps/@30.01753,-90.11433,387m/data=!3m1!1e3
_"We are now developing a weather satellite that will permit man to alter the world's cloud layer, and ultimately to control the weather -- and he who controls the weather controls the world."_ LBJ 1960's
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I went through Hurricane Betsy in a boat. I was a teen aged crew member on an 82 foot Coast Guard Cutter stationed in Morgan City Louisana. We went out to a lighthouse to pick up two people, two boxer dogs and 2 cases of beer. From there we went back into the bayous to ride out the storm. In the middle of it, another crew member and I went over to the lock master's bunker from the boat. We had an anemometer to measure wind speed. It probably wasn't all that accurate but it said 160mph!!! I could lean into the wind, with my hands out the side and stay there with my head about a foot off the ground.
That's quite a memory!
Nice that u got those beers lol
I was 6 and remembered we lost our porch roof - my father was up all night making sure we was safe - his brothers home got damaged in Bourg - they came to stay with us - lots of ppl sleeping at my house
I was 4. My mother put us to bed in case it flooded. She thought she could float us out on the mattress. We didn’t flood but the Mississippi River got to within a foot of the levee at the end of our street. The winds moved the poles on the porch and there were loads of tadpoles in the puddle at the end of our driveway. I remember hearing rain blowing against the house and windows. We were fine afterwards. I wouldn’t want to be in another one again. Since I’m in Kentucky now it’s doubtful I will. God bless those that live near the gulf.
Lived in Gretna, right outside on NewOrleans....I was 7 and remember it well.....we moved back up north to NJ after...it was awful....what the news doesn't show are all the gators and snakes that are all over the place....
I'm from Gretna. Born in 1986. Did you get any damage? What part of Gretna did you live in?
I lived in Gretna, too, during Betsy. I was 6 years old at the time. It is one of the most vivid memories I have of my childhood. I remember crossing the yard to get to a safer place from my family's house to our cousin's house, water waste high holding my 9-month-old baby sister.
I was in Gretna too and 5 years old. That wind blew and the house was shaking. We lost one big tree. Garage doors were like breathing in and out and can still hear my dad yelling at me to get out of that garage lol. Street flooding came right up to house but not in. We had only been in our brand new house 2 months and mom was crying but we had no damage. The next day we saw that the screen for the Gretna Drive In was twisted and demolished. The site of the drive in is now the Garden Lane Apartments. Been through all the hurricanes around here since but this was the loudest and strongest winds I remember. The eye of storm looked like came right up Barataria Bay and went over the west bank. Betsy was stronger than Katrina as far as winds were concerned no doubt but going west of the city was better for city as far as storm surge. It was a hell of a night.
It was September 10, 1965, I know I was there also got a baby sister that night named Betsy! I was also there for Camille Frederick Katrina and all the others if you live in south Mississippi, you don’t forget !!! they had to open the back very bridge. The old one to let my mother through to go to Biloxi regional where Betsy was born. We sheltered at D’Iberville. Elementary seems so long ago.
Hurricane Camille took a lot of attention off this hurricane but it sounds pretty damn bad... I live in midwest but have a place in Tampa I go to Florida a lot luckily Tampa never gets hit but gets scared for sure ... Man these hurricanes are crazy
At 11:36 i see what looks like the bunker located between West End blvd and Ponchartrain blvd.
www.google.com/maps/@30.01753,-90.11433,387m/data=!3m1!1e3
Mister Sirius yeah, that's it. Everything from 11:36 to 12:26
Thank you for uploading this film in good resolution...🇺🇸 😎👍☕
Betsy was September 1965 NOT 1966____i was here
Yep, nearly exactly a year after the Beatles played City Park Stadium in September 1964. The (1966) was the film production date.
I was in 2nd grade uptown Nola… terror when lights went off
My first day of high school.
_"We are now developing a weather satellite that will permit man to alter the world's cloud layer, and ultimately to control the weather -- and he who controls the weather controls the world."_
LBJ 1960's
Only God controls all, man's power is futile.
Reminds me of "Our Man Flint " movie.
Betsy was in 1965, not 1966
The year was 1965. Not 1966. Big error.
The (1966) is the production year of the film.
This was when america was great