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October 7-10th, 1778: There was a great storm surge that destroyed the establishments of the Balize, Bayou St. John,
and Tigouyou in the Louisiana with this late season hurricane. All structures were wiped out of existence. August 18th, 1779:
A hurricane made landfall at New Orleans. At that time, Spain had declared war on Great Britain. Almost all of Bernardo de
Galvez' ships (Governor of New Orleans) that were to be used to secretly seize the British post at Baton Rouge were grounded
or destroyed, thus ruining his plans for invasion until the 27th. The only ship that escaped disaster was El Volante. Some
of the ships were found in the middle of woods after the storm!...Wind and rain began on the night of the 17th. Full violence
of the storm was attained by 3 am. All houses, piroughs, barges, and boats were decimated; fields were leveled and all crops,
stock, and provisions were lost. These included an American Frigate, the Morris...During this storm, William Dunbar made observations
that uncovered the true nature of tropical storms and hurricanes; that they had a progressive forward movement and that the
winds revolved around a vortex at the center. His findings were presented to the American Philosophical Society in 1801.
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