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I heard a first hand account of someone who was in Hurricane Camille
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:28 pm
Older gentleman, he's an oysterman from buras. He grew up there. His father was an oysterman. He was 18 at the time.
As the storm approached, he and his father were at their home listening to the forecast. As things continued to look more and more dire, his father said they had better go down to the boat and tie it off. He ran the boat against the bank and ran five guide lines to five trees. They kept the engine running. Pushing against the shore. The wind was coming straight at the bow.
They opened the cabin and laid on the floor. Hoping to minimize the negative pressure effect.
They had a small boat tied behind theirs with an outboard. An escape if they made it through the storm. The rope began to give appearances of failing and the son made a move to fix it. The father stopped him and pointed. The roar was deafening. He was pointing at a barge visible out the back of the boat. It's wind gauge was still in tact.
The reading? 170mph. And climbing. At 215 mph they climbed below deck. The father knew the cabin was likely to fail soon.
They laid down on the floor and prayed. And for your after hour it never ceased. As it finally began to break, they climbed back into the cabin. The garage was still there. The wind gauge was broken. Still stuck at 215 mph.
Looking out front, four of the five trees were gone. The engines were still pushing against the bank.
They untied themselves and ran slowly up until they stopped against the levee. Anchored and tied off, the climbed across. Expecting to see a highway. Instead, the tops of telephone poles. They walked for a while and found a boat blown into a tree.
After freeing it and getting it running, they took off down the road looking for survivors.
This man told me this story with no animation, no typical Cajun exaggeration. As he spoke, he seemed to recall each aspect of it unwillingly. Remembered it as clear as if it was happening.
I thought the OT would find it interesting.
EDITED: originally said saint Bernard parish rather than Buras. Which is in plaquemines parish
As the storm approached, he and his father were at their home listening to the forecast. As things continued to look more and more dire, his father said they had better go down to the boat and tie it off. He ran the boat against the bank and ran five guide lines to five trees. They kept the engine running. Pushing against the shore. The wind was coming straight at the bow.
They opened the cabin and laid on the floor. Hoping to minimize the negative pressure effect.
They had a small boat tied behind theirs with an outboard. An escape if they made it through the storm. The rope began to give appearances of failing and the son made a move to fix it. The father stopped him and pointed. The roar was deafening. He was pointing at a barge visible out the back of the boat. It's wind gauge was still in tact.
The reading? 170mph. And climbing. At 215 mph they climbed below deck. The father knew the cabin was likely to fail soon.
They laid down on the floor and prayed. And for your after hour it never ceased. As it finally began to break, they climbed back into the cabin. The garage was still there. The wind gauge was broken. Still stuck at 215 mph.
Looking out front, four of the five trees were gone. The engines were still pushing against the bank.
They untied themselves and ran slowly up until they stopped against the levee. Anchored and tied off, the climbed across. Expecting to see a highway. Instead, the tops of telephone poles. They walked for a while and found a boat blown into a tree.
After freeing it and getting it running, they took off down the road looking for survivors.
This man told me this story with no animation, no typical Cajun exaggeration. As he spoke, he seemed to recall each aspect of it unwillingly. Remembered it as clear as if it was happening.
I thought the OT would find it interesting.
EDITED: originally said saint Bernard parish rather than Buras. Which is in plaquemines parish
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 9:24 pm
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Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:30 pm to X123F45
quote:and then he made millions off of BP
he's an oysterman
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:32 pm to X123F45
Wonder how many times he added to that story over the years to make as dramatic as you did?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:33 pm to X123F45
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Still stuck at 215 mph.
except that part, gauge doesn't read that high, at least not the one his old man had in 1969
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:34 pm to 777Tiger
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except that part, gauge doesn't read that high, at least not the one his old man had in 1969
There’s 25 different versions of that same story.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:34 pm to X123F45
I knew a guy who rode out Katrina in his house boat on the West Pearl River in Indian Village outside of Slidell...
He said he didn't get scared until he realized his boat was over the power lines... Rode that shite out for 10 hours...
Crazy fricker.. Katrina didn't kill him but cancer did...
He said he didn't get scared until he realized his boat was over the power lines... Rode that shite out for 10 hours...
Crazy fricker.. Katrina didn't kill him but cancer did...
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:38 pm to X123F45
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The reading? 170mph. And climbing. At 215 mph they climbed below deck
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:39 pm to X123F45
quote:EVERYONE WALK THE DINOSAUR
They opened the cabin and laid on the floor.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:42 pm to X123F45
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:42 pm to X123F45
Camille was no joke. I wasn't there for Katrina but my family rode out Camille in Bogalusa. It seemed like it lasted all night long with no letup. In the morning, I didn't expect to find a tree still standing. I think where we were missed the eye just by a mile or two. A few weeks later we were driving through Gulfport & Biloxi. Hwy. 90 (this was before I-10) was down to one lane in places and along the side of the road were palm trees with pine needles sticking out of the trunks.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:47 pm to MountainTiger
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Camille was no joke.
No it wasn't at all, but it was a small storm... I think it only had a 15 mile eye wall, compared to Katrina's 45 mile eye wall...
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:47 pm to tgrbaitn08
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There’s 25 different versions of that same story.
Cool.
I want to hear one
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:48 pm to X123F45
quote:harrowing
I thought the OT would find it interesting.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:54 pm to X123F45
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This man told me this story with no animation, no typical Cajun exaggeration. As he spoke, he seemed to recall each aspect of it unwillingly. Remembered it as clear as if it was happening.
Not a lot of coon asses in St Bernard Parish.
I rode with my father through Biloxi a week of so after the storm as he had passes and I remember a toilet sitting on pipes at the second floor level of a house. House was gone but toilet still there.
A friend of mine is in the August 1970 issue of Life Magazine - with Elvis on the cover - holding a big blue crab he pulled from his swimming pool on Beach Blvd. Pass Christian, which was the only thing left of the homestead. Camille had a lot of hurricane parties and a lot of people died because they wouldn’t leave.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:55 pm to Martini
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I rode with my father through Biloxi a week of so after the storm
I was there at the same time!
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:57 pm to X123F45
I was on Grand Isle when Camille was approaching. 13 months old. I've been told that I wasn't much help.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:58 pm to 777Tiger
He bought 3 trailers and had them put in a trailer park immediately before it filled up and had crews over there for 2 years. We used to go on weekends and I remember we caught tons of big croaker.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:01 pm to X123F45
Riveting story, but I question any stories elderly people tell.
Kind of like how everyone’s grandfather was a WW2 hero and stormed the beaches of Normandy.
Kind of like how everyone’s grandfather was a WW2 hero and stormed the beaches of Normandy.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:02 pm to X123F45
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Looking out front, four of the five trees were gone. The engines were still pushing against the bank.
Evinrude?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:04 pm to Martini
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I rode with my father through Biloxi a week of so after the storm as he had passes and I remember a toilet sitting on pipes at the second floor level of a house. House was gone but toilet still there.
A friend of mine is in the August 1970 issue of Life Magazine - with Elvis on the cover - holding a big blue crab he pulled from his swimming pool on Beach Blvd. Pass Christian, which was the only thing left of the homestead. Camille had a lot of hurricane parties and a lot of people died because they wouldn’t leave.
There were a lot of places where there were concrete steps leading up to....nothing. There was just a rectangular patch of dirt where the house used to be.
I seem to recall a big ship all the way up on dry land somewhere along there too.
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