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re: Remembering Hurricane Camille: 50 years ago today (Aug 17)
Posted on 8/17/19 at 9:13 pm to TheFonz
Posted on 8/17/19 at 9:13 pm to TheFonz
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I drove trough the area the first day they re-opened the beach highway. I never thought in a million years I would personally see such destruction on a massive scale like that.
We lived about half a mile off the beach in Long beach and I had just graduated. I remember driving down 90 with my friends and getting lost. There were none of the landmarks that we were used to. Nothing was familiar and we had no way of telling where we were.
That shite sucked hard.
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Went to Pass Christian HS. Block from the beach. Katrina wiped it out for the second time. They finally rebuilt it a good mile inland.
Figures! You dummies from the pass would take a little longer to catch on!
This post was edited on 8/17/19 at 9:24 pm
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Posted on 8/17/19 at 9:19 pm to TheFonz
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I drove trough the area the first day they re-opened the beach highway. I never thought in a million years I would personally see such destruction on a massive scale like that.
I had hauled most of the inventory out of my friends business on 49 just north of 90 and we got permission to enter the closed zone to attempt to recover the rest the morning after the storm passed, looking around was enough to make you want to cry.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 10:19 pm to TheFonz
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remember the Camille boat up by the highway in either Biloxi or Gulfport. Did it make it through Katrina?
No.. Neither did Wet Willy’s.. RIP in peace
Posted on 8/17/19 at 10:22 pm to im4LSU
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Figures! You dummies from the pass would take a little longer to catch on!
Because Long Beach is known for its intelligence...
Posted on 8/17/19 at 10:41 pm to East Coast Band
My mother was a student at Mississippi State that summer. Even that far inland, she said it was the first time she had ever experienced truly horizontal rain.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 11:09 pm to BayouBengals18
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No.. Neither did Wet Willy’s.. RIP in peace
You said peace twice.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 11:36 pm to BayouBengals18
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Because Long Beach is known for its intelligence...
Nope. When I was there we were known for excessive drug use.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 12:07 am to im4LSU
How did the surge compare to Katrina?
Posted on 8/18/19 at 12:11 am to Jimmy2shoes
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How did the surge compare to Katrina?
Posted on 8/18/19 at 3:27 am to East Coast Band
After that storm my grand parents were terrified of any bad weather. Even a big thunder storm
Posted on 8/18/19 at 6:30 am to GetBackToWork
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Posted on 8/18/19 at 8:29 am to gthog61
Thank you...as Linemen we're a Family..although retired, They are in my Prayers everyday..So is all family members to Linemen,because we also had to travel all over this Great Nation for Ice storms,Hurricanes,Tornadoes etc. and we're away from home..
Posted on 8/18/19 at 9:11 am to East Coast Band
Camille was a little before my time I was born on Job Chapter 3 Day in 1975 but my older family members talked about Camille for years. My first hurricane was Fredrick in Mobile, AL. That was like a bomb went off.
Posted on 8/18/19 at 9:43 am to East Coast Band
My uncle was stationed at Keesler at the time, and they had a house in Long Beach that was a bit more than a block off of the beach. They decided to ride out the storm.
My aunt and uncle and my 2 cousins were atheists, but at one point during the storm, water started coming in the house through the back door, and one of my cousins dropped to his knees and started praying out loud. The gist of the prayer was that he had been raised by heathens, but he had always been a believer and needed some help. I guess he got it because the house remained standing.
My aunt and uncle and my 2 cousins were atheists, but at one point during the storm, water started coming in the house through the back door, and one of my cousins dropped to his knees and started praying out loud. The gist of the prayer was that he had been raised by heathens, but he had always been a believer and needed some help. I guess he got it because the house remained standing.
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