Hurricane Audrey
Subtitle: the deadly storm of 1957
By: by Cathy C. Post.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781589804586
Subjects: Hurricane Audrey, 1957; Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- Cameron Parish -- Biography; Cameron Parish (La.) -- History -- 20th century; Cameron Parish (La.) -- Biography; Cameron Parish (La.) -- Social conditions
Genres: Biography.
Description: The deadly storm of 1957 that devastated Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Maps & charts: End pages - detailed Cameron coast map, map of southwest Louisiana coast, index of families; title: Monday, June 24, 1957 - Birth of a storm; title: Tuesday - Life before Audrey; title: Wednesday - The best laid plans; title: Thursday - The lost hours; title: Thursday - The eye moves ashore; title: Friday - "Gone . . . gone. Everything's gone."; title: Life after Audrey; title: Epilog; title: Appendix: Saffir - Simpson scale.