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"becoming the closest major hurricane to New Orleans" This is covered by reference #2?
In the opening line of ref 2 - "Historical data, consisting of diaries, ship logbooks, ship protests, and newspapers, reconstruct the path, intensity, and societal impacts of a major hurricane in 1812 that is the closest known storm to pass New Orleans". --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:15, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]