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The colonial era relates to the time period between 1492 and 1763. Its title comes from the colonization of America. Within the colonial Era, there were three major hurricanes. These three were: The Great Hurricane of 1780, The Great Coastal Hurricane of 1785, and George Washington’s Hurricane of 1788. Meteorology was not very developed at this time so determining when a hurricane was coming and how strong it was going to be was extremely difficult. The Great Hurricane of 1780 was unique in the sense that it attacked the Southern Winward Islands. This differs from The Great Coastal Hurricane of 1785 and George Washington’s Hurricane of 1788 whose target was the Atlantic Coast. Again, homes and properties were wrecked because the citizens had no way of detecting the winds and rains that were coming their way.

The 19th century hurricanes were not nearly as media-covered, but they were still just as devastating as hurricanes are today. In this era, the news was not advanced enough to give minute by minute storm coverage. The 1856 Last Island Hurricane was the first major hurricane in the Atlantic hurricane season. Media coverage and storm identification were not at the stage to update the citizens of the area, so New Orleans and Last Island got completely decimated, and in turn got hit rather unexpectedly. Last Island ended up as a group of fragmented islands rather than a single one-completely destroying homes and families. The Chenière Caminada Hurricane of October 1893 also had a lasting impact whose wreckage was hard to prepare for. This natural disaster destroyed the island known as Chenière Caminada and about half the inhabitants were killed because of this disaster. Both of these islands were some of the earliest known islands in Louisiana.