The town had been previously ravaged by Hurricane Audrey in 1957.

Note that Hurricane Audrey was also more intense and occurred even earlier in the season in June.

At a community meeting in Grand Lake, many residents said they wanted to be left alone to rebuild as they did after Hurricane Audrey.

Due to fears of a storm similar to Hurricane Audrey in the previous year, some residents evacuated southwestern Louisiana.

Hurricane Audrey was the season's most destructive and deadly storm, causing 416 deaths and about $150 million in damages.

They also share the same default reference, Hurricane Audrey in 1957, which killed 400 people here.

In 1957, Hurricane Audrey decimated this low lying area with a massive storm surge that took some 600 lives.

In 1957, Cameron was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Audrey.

Hurricane Audrey was the most powerful June hurricane in the recorded history of the Atlantic since record keeping began.

One barnacle-encrusted vault found underwater in a marsh is thought to have been a victim of Hurricane Audrey in 1957.