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  • Powerful Lili stirs action - Evacuations, preparations begin in Texas, Louisiana

    10/03/2002 1:47:31 AM PDT · by MeekOneGOP · 3 replies · 365+ views
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | October 3, 2002 | By MICHAEL GRANBERRY / The Dallas Morning News
    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...