1965 " A HURRICANE CALLED BETSY " CIVIL DEFENSE FILM 30142
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- With Gemini 5's space flight as a backdrop, the impending destruction of Hurricane Betsy, or 'Billion-dollar Betsy' as she came to be known, is expressed in vivid shots of the storm forming and trekking across the Atlantic. 'A Hurricane Called Betsy,' shows the monstrously disastrous, billion dollar, storm as it slammed into New Orleans at 110 miles per hour, with stories and tales from people in the midst of the chaos. Hurricane Betsy was a costly precursor to the levee breaches of Hurricane Katrina, being the first time the levee's failed in the city and resulting in the formation of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. Amazing shots from weather satellites, engrossing human dramas, and terrifying winds enhance the story of destruction and terror.
Hurricane Betsy was the first tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Basin to cause at least $1 billion (1965 USD) in damage. The third tropical cyclone, second named storm, and second hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season, Betsy developed on August 27 in an area of disturbed weather east of the Windward Islands. Forming as a tropical depression, it tracked generally west-northward until crossing on August 28. Thereafter, it tracked north-northwestward. By August 29, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Betsy. The storm then rapidly intensified and became a Category 1 hurricane later that day. Betsy executed a small cyclonic loop on August 30 and August 31, followed by a turn to the west on September 1. Significant intensification resumed on September 1, and by the following day, Betsy was a Category 3 hurricane. By late on September 3, Betsy became a Category 4 hurricane. While northeast of the Bahamas, Betsy became tracking erratically and executed another cyclonic loop, starting on September 4. The storm steadily weakened, and was briefly downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane early on September 6. However, the storm promptly re-strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane. Betsy then tracked southwestward and then westward through the Bahamas. By early on September 8, Betsy made landfall on Key Largo as a Category 3 hurricane. Betsy entered into the Gulf of Mexico and re-strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on September 9. While approaching the Gulf Coast of the United States, Betsy peaked slightly below the threshold for Category 5 hurricane status. However, further intensification was halted after Betsy made landfall in Grand Isle, Louisiana later on September 9. Once inland, the storm rapidly weakened, and became extratropical over Ohio less than four days later. Although it passed through the Lesser Antilles, impact in that region is unknown. High winds in the Bahamas caused significant damage throughout the island chain.
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I was 4 yrs old when Betsy hit and I still remember that night. Growing u in Louisiana I remember several hurricanes, but I was living in south Florida when Andrew hit, total devastation. I moved back to Louisiana and took direct hits from Ida and Delta.
As a "Betsy Survivor" this old newsreel is amazing to watch. Also amazing to hear was that Gentilly was considered a "safer" part of town! We lived in Gentilly back then and had to be rescued from our flooded home by pirogue!
I heard about this...A friend had an uncle who almost drowned around there ...he got injured but lived to see Katrina passing away two years later in his 90's
I'm a Betsy survivor as well. Was 10 months old, and we were living on Orleans St in Lakeview. That same house was turned into a pile of sticks and bricks by Hurricane Katrina... and I was rescuing people after Katrina
Who was that guy with polio? I wondered what became of him.
@@baronedipiemonte3990Pontchartrain and the 17th street canal levees completely failed. Bonnabel maxed out
Sad to think many of these people who were grateful to survive and hoping to never see something like this again had to go through Katrina 40 years later...
Fantastic! I love watching old government and news reel films on CZcams..but..this... this one has it all! Early hurricane hunter aircraft, old Miami airport, sidwalk skateboard surfing, the Civil Defense Shelter in full operation ( I am sure I saw most of that same equipment still down there in the late '70s).. duckanes. heck.. look carefully and there is even an Amphicar!..Old Charity Hospital.. and so much more. Not to mention Air Force one flying over the city.. so much COOL stuff in one video...
Betsey was not just a Louisiana disaster. It also affected Florida. This was very unexpected to hear. I didn't think it touched Florida on its way to Louisiana but this film shows it did.
I was too young for Betsey but I was hit head on by Camille and Hugo .I'm 62 now and I get a sick feeling every year in September
Thanks for this amazing newsreel! A great reference for anyone who wants to study No/Tropical weather history. Excellent quality, too!
I'm just here to binge watch Betsy videos bc the weather service guy said Ida might be worse than Betsy 🤷♀️
Same. 😆
@@jeansenn2831
Y'all do ok in the storm?
I recall Betsy very well. Not there during Ida but knew Grand Isle faced a direct hit.
Hurricane Betsy was big strong
I went through Betsy. The Army Corp of Engineers and city officials knew 50 years before Katrina the levees would fail.
I love this program
I almost forgot how sheeted plywood looked like.
Great upload!!👍
@5:43 how do you remove coconuts from trees?
Good documentary. But the background music was awful. If this happened in 1965. Why wasn’t this area better prepared when Hurricane Katrina came through they should have learned something from this one. 🤔
The Corp of Engineers warned what would happen if NOLA hit directly 50 years before Katrina they knew yet the levees & pumping stations WEREN'T upgraded.
11:35. Handle this raincoat will ya!! 😂😂
Is this the movie about it?
The Church Bells, reminds me of The Twilight Zone!
That storm made a running strike oon Miami went n up thr coast and fainted at N.C. but didn't hitlooped back around went back to Miami and crossed s. tip of fla. Entered Gulf looped up and out and headed for n. Gulf coast threatened from Morgan city to Panama city hit New Orlins on Tues or Wed Sept 10th. Said at that time winds of 150kts. Believe it was 125 flooded part of NOLA.
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