Basically the gist of it was this - as a meteorologist he experienced 3 hurricanes in the NO area - Camille, Betsy and a third whose name escapes me right now. He said he most remembers the dead bodies, not caused by flooding or damage but by snake bites. Those who made it to higher ground often had to share the space with thousands of poisonous snakes, and the snakes won.
I was watching coverage over lunch with my kids til that point. Thankfully my 8 year old wasn't really listening well.
"""Basically the gist of it was this - as a meteorologist he experienced 3 hurricanes in the NO area - Camille, Betsy and a third whose name escapes me right now. He said he most remembers the dead bodies, not caused by flooding or damage but by snake bites. Those who made it to higher ground often had to share the space with thousands of poisonous snakes, and the snakes won. """
That was Hurricane Audrey. I live about 15 miles north of where Audrey came in.
http://www.booksbynolaross.com/hurricane.htm