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Anniversary of Hurricane Camille
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:58 pm
1969. Before i was born but my Dad always said it was the benchmark. Wind gust clocked near 200mph broke Biloxi AFB Wind Gauge
Because of Camille happening on August 17th ; always made the 17th the 1st Day of "Real" Hurricane season
Because of Camille happening on August 17th ; always made the 17th the 1st Day of "Real" Hurricane season
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:03 pm to RBTiger
This is a Hurricane Katrina board now.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:42 pm to RBTiger
If you like reading about Hurricanes try Isaac’s Storm by Eric Larsen. Really good book about the storm that destroyed Galveston in 1900 (I believe)
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:49 pm to RBTiger
I guess that means 57 years ago tonight I spent the night in a shelter in Lafourche Parish somewhere. I was too young to remember.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:11 pm to Warheel
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I guess that means 57 years ago tonight I spent the night in a shelter in Lafourche Parish somewhere. I was too young to remember.
I was probably right there with you in Lafourche...too young to recall tho...went through Besty there as well as a 1 year old....our roof nearly came off with me and my 2 month old brother in bed in my mom's arms...
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:28 pm to RBTiger
I was almost 10 years old and my family was in the process of driving home from a vacation out west.
My wife, who had just turned 10, rode it out on the Mississippi gulf coast about a mile from the beach.
Some years ago we were at a banquet at which Bob Breck was the guest speaker. He gave a fascinating talk about hurricanes. At one point he said that he bets that no one in the room had actually been in the middle of a category 5 hurricane. My wife was the only one who was able to raise her hand.
My wife, who had just turned 10, rode it out on the Mississippi gulf coast about a mile from the beach.
Some years ago we were at a banquet at which Bob Breck was the guest speaker. He gave a fascinating talk about hurricanes. At one point he said that he bets that no one in the room had actually been in the middle of a category 5 hurricane. My wife was the only one who was able to raise her hand.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:34 pm to RBTiger
It’s wild to me that if you overlaid the storm paths of Katrina and Camille, there would be an X where the pearl river passes by Bogalusa. Both of those storms absolutely wrecked that area.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:40 pm to RBTiger
My dad was 8 in the Gretna area and says he remembers nothing other than the noise, and it's why whenever there was a chance of something similar - we got out,
It truly is amazing how many close shots New Orleans had.
It truly is amazing how many close shots New Orleans had.
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