▁ra inf all ▁helped ▁rel ieve ▁dr ought ▁conditions . ▁ ▁Al ong ▁the ▁coast , ▁the ▁system ▁caused ▁a ▁storm ▁sur ge ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁Camer on , ▁the ▁worst ▁experienced ▁along ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁south west ▁Louisiana ▁since ▁H urr icane ▁Car la . ▁ ▁The ▁storm ▁sur ge ▁swe pt ▁away ▁five ▁houses , ▁destroyed ▁a ▁fish ing ▁pier , ▁and ▁sub mer ged ▁Grand ▁Is le . ▁ ▁A ▁torn ado ▁in ▁the ▁outer ▁bands ▁of ▁the ▁storm ▁killed ▁one ▁person ▁in ▁La four che ▁Par ish , ▁while ▁six ▁others ▁were ▁injured . ▁At ▁least ▁eight ▁torn ado es ▁were ▁witness ed ▁state wide , ▁with ▁seven ▁touch ing ▁down ▁across ▁Ac ad iana . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁storm ▁caused ▁an ▁indirect ▁death ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Orleans ▁area ▁in ▁an ▁autom obile ▁accident . ▁m ▁Also , ▁two ▁Pacific ▁Coast ▁League ▁Play off ▁games ▁involving ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Tri ple ▁A ▁baseball ▁champion ▁New ▁Orleans ▁Ze phy rs ▁were ▁cancel led ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁rain ▁from ▁Francis , ▁and ▁a ▁third ▁almost ▁got ▁called ▁off , ▁but ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁assistance ▁from ▁Ze ph yr ▁Field ▁ground ▁cre ws ▁and ▁the ▁Pan ther ▁Hel ic op ters , ▁the ▁Third ▁game ▁went ▁on ▁as ▁planned , ▁and ▁the ▁Ze phy rs ▁won ▁ 2 - 1 , ▁S ending ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁Pacific ▁coast ▁League ▁Championship ▁series . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁tropical ▁system ▁the ▁Ze phy rs ▁had ▁to ▁res ch edule