was any preparation made before the hurricane struck?
Residents were evacuated to shelters and military aircraft were also moved from Keesler Air Force Base to other airfields across the country
Hurricane Ethel (1960)
Prior to Ethel's arrival, adequate warning allowed roughly 12,000 residents along the Mississippi coastline to evacuate to shelters, set up at churches and schools. Along a stretch of the Gulf Coastline, all fishing villages fully evacuated to safer places. In Louisiana, at least 2,000 people had been evacuated from Grand Isle. Other towns were placed under emergency evacuations where Coast Guard boats were used to move residents to safer areas. Military aircraft were also moved from Keesler Air Force Base to other airfields across the country.
where did hurricane ethel hit? Eastern Louisiana and Pascagoula, Mississippi what was the impact? Hurricane Ethel caused substantial beach erosion throughout the barrier islands of Mississippi but brought a relatively small storm surge of along the populated coastline which ocean is close to these places? UNANSWERABLE how many people died? One what was the damage? $1.5 million (1960 USD) do you know the name of the person who died? No you mentioned an island, where exactly is it located? Chains of barrier islands can be found along approximately 13-15% of the world's coastlines do you know why is it named so? UNANSWERABLE
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Hurricane Ethel (1960) [SEP] Preparations
Prior to Ethel's arrival, adequate warning allowed roughly 12,000 residents along the Mississippi coastline to evacuate to shelters, set up at churches and schools. Along a stretch of the Gulf Coastline, all fishing villages fully evacuated to safer places. In Louisiana, at least 2,000 people had been evacuated from Grand Isle. Other towns were placed under emergency evacuations where Coast Guard boats were used to move residents to safer areas. Military aircraft were also moved from Keesler Air Force Base to other airfields across the country. Numerous schools and businesses were closed on September 15 in fears of a worst-case scenario, a storm with 160 mph (260 km/h) winds passing directly over Mobile, Alabama, a city of roughly 150,000 people.