NEW ORLEANS — For generations, people along the Gulf Coast have lived with hurricanes, but new research puts hard numbers behind what so many in Southeast Louisiana already know.
Our area is one of the biggest hurricane targets in the country. Along the Louisiana coast, hurricanes are that unwanted visitor that never stays away for long. Like Hurricane Ida, Katrina, and Betsy — every generation has its storm.
A new study and map showing more than a century and a half of hurricanes crowding the coastline is tracking even unnamed storms and the pattern behind them.
Michael Ferragamo, a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma and Hurricane Researcher, spent over a year digging through hurricane records…