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Originally Posted by pdxtex
Hurricane Andrew, Michael and Charley were doozies but most of the damage was always low density suburban tracts. My main surprise with New Orleans is the vernacular. All those shotgun houses are over 100 years old. New Orleans has had 15 direct hit category 3 or greater storms in last 100 years. Something about the packed density must have a mitigating effect on wind damage.
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this, Hurricane Zeta in 2020 was the strongest storm to ever have a direct hit on New Orleans, yet it was just a category 3. So New Orleans has probably just been lucky so far to avoid a direct hit by a storm with higher winds. But it obviously wasn't lucky to avoid a massive storm surge producing hurricane.