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One this date in 1969: Hurricane Camille makes landfall.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:29 pm
Camille made landfall with max sustained winds of 175 mph and a central pressure of 900 millibars. She is one of only four hurricanes to make landfall in the United States at Category 5 strength, along with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, Hurricane Andrew (1992) and Hurricane Michael (2018).
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Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:32 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Rode it out in a house in meraux. Thankful it went east. The room we were in was later flattened by Katrina.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:35 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Saw the documentary several times in the elementary classroom.
Was my favorite and made an impact on me forever
Was my favorite and made an impact on me forever
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:44 pm to footswitch
I saw what Ida did my house 2021. Hard to convince me it was not a 5 too. Camille flattened Waveland. Parents had friends there that rebuilt afterwards. As a kid I could not comprehend how high the Gulf water came up with the surge.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 1:57 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I was on vacation out west. (9 years old at the time).
My wife rode it out on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
My wife rode it out on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:06 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
During the Covid shutdown Josh Morgerman (iCyclone) moved to Bay Saint Louis. The house he rented had survived both Camille and Katrina. He liked the area and house so much that he decided to stay, bought a lot near, maybe across the road from the old house, and built a new house of a similar design to the old one to Fortified Gold standard.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:09 pm to geauxpurple
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I was on vacation out west. (9 years old at the time).
My wife rode it out on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Tell us more about the married life of a 9 year old.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:10 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Could use a good gulf hurricane bringing some rains further inland right about now. It’s pretty hot outside.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:13 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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Could use a good gulf hurricane bringing some rains further inland right about now. It’s pretty hot outside.
I went ahead and got that first downvote out of the way for ya.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
Tell us more about the married life of a 9 year old.
—to be fair, he did say he was in Mississippi
—to be fair, he did say he was in Mississippi
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:31 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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Could use a good gulf hurricane bringing some rains further inland right about now. It’s pretty hot outside.
You sure you want that. Camile brough flooding rains and mudslides to the Virginas.
Last year, Helene flooded western North Carolina.
Hurricane Ida, flooded New York and New Jersey, and killed more individuals directly in those states than Louisiana.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:34 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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PhilipMarlowe
This guy can eat a bag of dicks.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:43 pm to Legion of Doom
My aunt and uncle lived in Biloxi and also rode it out.
Uncle told me after WWII he never thought anything could bother him until Camille.
Several months later they moved away.
Uncle told me after WWII he never thought anything could bother him until Camille.
Several months later they moved away.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:47 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
It was initially thought that Camille had 210mph winds. That’s what was reported at the time.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:48 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I was a kid in Pensacola and my dad worked for the power company and was out all night working. That was a rough night.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 2:52 pm to VABuckeye
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:04 pm to LegendInMyMind
It was pretty cool watching him build his house. It’s a small house but like you said it’s built like a fortress and it’s on high elevation.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:25 pm to VABuckeye
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I was a kid in Pensacola and my dad worked for the power company and was out all night working. That was a rough night.
Were you on the water? Curious what the coastal impact was that far east.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:27 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
If this same storm would happen today, guess what would be the reason??
You got it!
It’s extremely easy and convenient to blame any single “abnormal” weather event on climate change. Oh- excuse me, - climate catastrophe.
You got it!
It’s extremely easy and convenient to blame any single “abnormal” weather event on climate change. Oh- excuse me, - climate catastrophe.
Posted on 8/17/25 at 3:52 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Buddy of mine was in Vietnam when Camille hit. His mother was killed in Waynesboro Mississippi during the storm.
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