Around 1900 there was a hurricane that hit Louisiana near a little town named Ruddock. Does anyone know?

Question

Ruddock is on your way to Hammond on highway 610

Answer 1

During the turn of the century, Ruddock was a lumber town with a population of 900. It was wiped out by the great hurricane of 1915...only a handful of people survived. Ruddock was never rebuilt.

Answer 2

eMale is correct and here is some additional information from "Hurricanes in Louisiana History."

September 29th, 1915: A violent hurricane reached New Orleans. The then 10 foot high levee protecting the city began to be questioned as not being high enough after the passage of this storm (Orleans Levee District). The pressure fell to 28.01" on a ship in the New Orleans harbor. Burrwood's winds gusted to 106 m.p.h.. New Orleans saw as high as 98 m.p.h.. Franklin had 14.43" of rain during the storm, while New Orleans saw over 8". Over 50% of U.S. Highway 90 along the Mississippi coast was destroyed. Storm surges up to 12 feet ran ashore the northern coast of Grand Isle. The New Canal lighthouse was heavily damaged as winds of 130 mph raged, and the pressure fell to 28.11"....which at the time set a record for the lowest pressure measured on land in the United States. Ninety-nine out of 100 buildings were destroyed in the town of Leeville. Thirteen million dollars of damage, $5 million in New Orleans alone, were caused and 275 people died. Many of those who perished refused to leave low lying areas in advance of the storm, despite ample warning.

Answer 3

The only hurricane on record for 1900 did not hit land fall in Louisiana it hit land on the Island of Galveston, Texas. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. Since Louisiana is so close to Galveston only about twenty miles across the Galveston Bay I'm sure Louisiana may have gotten some of the back lash from that hurricane. This may be the hurricane you have in mind. Like I said it's the only one of record for that time period.

Answer 4

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