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After Lili, parish got 9 calls about damage - and $15.4 million BATON ROUGE, La. - (KRT) - Three years before Hurricane Katrina struck, another monster storm headed for Louisiana with winds up to 145 mph. Lili "remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane," the National Weather Service warned the night before landfall. "Deadly 10- to 20-foot storm surge approaching the coast." Shortly before reaching the state, the storm weakened considerably, to Category 1 force. Then-Gov. Mike Foster attributed the sudden change to "divine intervention." That same day, the governor asked the president to issue disaster declarations for more than...

Weakened Lili still packed punch; leaves Louisiana in muck _ and dark By ALLEN G. BREED The Associated Press 10/4/02 9:26 AM POINTE AUX CHENES, La. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Lili spun out of Louisiana early Friday, leaving homes and businesses mired in muck and wind-damage debris -- and a half-million people without power overnight. Lili lost strength Thursday after coming ashore at Marsh Island as a Category 2 hurricane packing 100 mph winds, and officials breathed a collective sigh of relief there were only a handful of injuries and no reported storm-related deaths along the U.S. Gulf Coast, Before...

Answer To Prayer!!! God has answered our prayers. Hurricane Lili experienced a major reduction in winds and pressure rose before hitting landfall this early am. 4 hours ago, sustained winds were 145 miles per hour - a Cat 4 hurricane. Now winds are 100 miles per hour a Cat 1. Friends, there is a lot of difference between the two and our Lord has delivered our friends in SW Louisiana from a very destructive storm. We need to continue to pray because damage can still be experieced. But I'm here to tell you that the Lord intervened. Praise His Holy...

Powerful Lili stirs action Evacuations, preparations begin in Texas, Louisiana 10/03/2002 By MICHAEL GRANBERRY / The Dallas Morning News NEW ORLEANS - On a sunny but fiercely humid day, it was a 37-year-old memory that spurred scores of residents to take extra precautions as Hurricane Lili approached Louisiana. Many feared a grim repeat of the disaster wrought by Hurricane Betsy in 1965 - 81 people killed in the state, New Orleans under 8 feet of water. Betsy was a Category 3 hurricane - winds of 111-130 mph. Lili was already a Category 4 late Wednesday with winds of 145...

Category 4 storm now....we are talking Andrew style now.