Impact
In open waters a fishing party was caught in the midst of Bob; the Coast Guard sent a helicopter to rescue the party. Another helicopter was sent to check on a disabled vehicle, though no details were reported.
Rainfall peaked at the Springville Fire Tower in Louisiana, where over 7 in (180 mm) fell. Over 53,000 power failures were reported in the wake of Bob. The only reported death was a man who was blown off a collapsing marina roof in Lafitte, Louisiana. In the same incident, another person was injured. There was considerable pier damage from high tides and rough seas. Trees and power lines fell throughout New Orleans with gusty winds breaking windows in the business district and collapsing a brick wall. Billboards at New Orleans International Airport were torn off of buildings and knocked small metal houses away, though no injuries were reported. Pounding surf blew sand throughout Louisiana Highway 1, which resulted in the road being closed due to sand dunes. The Lafourche Bayou topped its banks in Leeville, Louisiana, blocking the main highway and littering the area with logs, timber, oil drums and swamped boats. Bob breached Shell Island in Louisiana, which further deteriorated the island.
Birmingham Airport in Alabama reported over 3 in (75 mm) of rainfall within an hour. Eight tornadoes were reported but only one caused severe damage while sweeping through Biloxi, Mississippi. Damage from the tornado is estimated at $27,500 (1979 USD; $76,720 in 2006 USD) but no fatalities were reported. A tornado in southern Alabama injured and hospitalized four people; an 80 year-old man was hospitalized after another tornado demolished a general store in South Community, Alabama. Three other people were injured in the tornado, but none of the injuries were serious.
Elsewhere, rainfall was around 1 in (25 mm) in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, western Virginia and Ohio, though up to 3 in (75 mm) fell on the Florida Panhandle. North Carolina received little rainfall, peaking at about 3 in (75 mm) where Bob entered the Atlantic Ocean. Flooding was considerable in West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. A tornado touched down in Kentucky from the remnants of Bob, which damaged some homes and left downed trees.
Total damage from Bob totaled to $20 million (1979 USD; $59 million (2008 USD)). $250,000 (1979 USD; $742,000 in 2006 USD) in damage occurred in Harrison County, Mississippi alone.
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