From about 1:50 to 2:07 that is the old Buena Vista Hotel and the Sun N Sand Hotel. Both had the walking bridge connecting the buildings on the South side with the ones on the North Side of the beach. Then about 3:00 is Marine Life in Gulfport Harbor. The Beau Rivage Casino now sits where the Buena Vista was and it survived Katrina. Marine Life (and all of the Gulfport Harbor) did not and was totally wiped away...Most landmarks in here were rebuilt but almost all were erased by Katrina.
@Harleydude2 thank you for the view of the Buena Vista Hotel. I worked at WLOX radio while stationed at Keesler, from 66-68. Former disc jockey for wlox
Wow, when you think of it. For a structures walls and most of the rook to still be there. They had EXCELLENT construction back then. Of course those are brick homes...
I think Camille and Andrew had the top wind speeds upon landfall of all recorded storms. 216mph gusts at Homestead AFB. Camille was said to be a 200mph storm.
Along the shoreline there was a grocery store (Winn Dixie, I think it was) where my mom used to buy groceries every week. When we drove along the coast after the storm, all that remained of that store were a couple of concrete slabs.
My child's mind couldn't imagine that something I loved as much as I did the ocean (and still do) could cause that kind of destruction.
Thank you again for sharing your family's memories.
Our house was only four blocks from the beach. When the winds started, my parents put all 6 of us kids in the bathroom where there were no windows, filled the tub with water to drink and we prayed. This was the first time I remember being up in the middle of the night. I will never forget the sound of that wind, the way the walls moved in and out, as if they were breathing and how terrified I was.
I can still see the pictures in my mind of what it was like when it was over.
Thank you for posting this. I was 5 years old when I lived through Hurricane Camille. My father was in the Navy, stationed in Gulfport/Biloxi at the time. We had just returned on Sunday afternoon from an out-of-state visit to see my mom's sister. She and her three children, the youngest only a few weeks old, had come back with us. We didn't know about the approaching storm and by this time, it was too late to go anywhere else.
This footage is incredible. I remember watching this as a 9 year old kid in Los Angeles (where I am from, and still live). It was all over the news at the time. Those winds were much stronger that Hurricane Katrina. Did anyone posting here live through it and remember it first hand? This footage should be on a TV documentary.
So many old land marks in this video, like Baricev's which was where the Hard Rock Casino is now, I believe, right across 90 from Mary Mahoney's. Great oysters and soft shell crab there!
thanks for sharing this, I drove through Biloxi a couple of months after Katrina, this looks like the same area of the Gulf Coast. I especially remember the steel beams of the marina being twisted down to the water level just like in your posting.
From about 1:50 to 2:07 that is the old Buena Vista Hotel and the Sun N Sand Hotel. Both had the walking bridge connecting the buildings on the South side with the ones on the North Side of the beach. Then about 3:00 is Marine Life in Gulfport Harbor. The Beau Rivage Casino now sits where the Buena Vista was and it survived Katrina. Marine Life (and all of the Gulfport Harbor) did not and was totally wiped away...Most landmarks in here were rebuilt but almost all were erased by Katrina.
Harleydude2 1 year ago
@Harleydude2 thank you for the view of the Buena Vista Hotel. I worked at WLOX radio while stationed at Keesler, from 66-68. Former disc jockey for wlox
airmen13 1 month ago
Wow, when you think of it. For a structures walls and most of the rook to still be there. They had EXCELLENT construction back then. Of course those are brick homes...
acatt220 1 year ago
I think Camille and Andrew had the top wind speeds upon landfall of all recorded storms. 216mph gusts at Homestead AFB. Camille was said to be a 200mph storm.
22reTOYOTA 1 year ago
Gone, everything either stripped bare or gone.
Along the shoreline there was a grocery store (Winn Dixie, I think it was) where my mom used to buy groceries every week. When we drove along the coast after the storm, all that remained of that store were a couple of concrete slabs.
My child's mind couldn't imagine that something I loved as much as I did the ocean (and still do) could cause that kind of destruction.
Thank you again for sharing your family's memories.
denithomasontx 1 year ago
Our house was only four blocks from the beach. When the winds started, my parents put all 6 of us kids in the bathroom where there were no windows, filled the tub with water to drink and we prayed. This was the first time I remember being up in the middle of the night. I will never forget the sound of that wind, the way the walls moved in and out, as if they were breathing and how terrified I was.
I can still see the pictures in my mind of what it was like when it was over.
denithomasontx 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. I was 5 years old when I lived through Hurricane Camille. My father was in the Navy, stationed in Gulfport/Biloxi at the time. We had just returned on Sunday afternoon from an out-of-state visit to see my mom's sister. She and her three children, the youngest only a few weeks old, had come back with us. We didn't know about the approaching storm and by this time, it was too late to go anywhere else.
denithomasontx 1 year ago
This footage is incredible. I remember watching this as a 9 year old kid in Los Angeles (where I am from, and still live). It was all over the news at the time. Those winds were much stronger that Hurricane Katrina. Did anyone posting here live through it and remember it first hand? This footage should be on a TV documentary.
racer500gp 1 year ago
So many old land marks in this video, like Baricev's which was where the Hard Rock Casino is now, I believe, right across 90 from Mary Mahoney's. Great oysters and soft shell crab there!
John A~
Pascagoula, MS
l1nkh0gthr0b 2 years ago
Great footage and wow what terrible damage.
heathey2 2 years ago
thanks for sharing this, I drove through Biloxi a couple of months after Katrina, this looks like the same area of the Gulf Coast. I especially remember the steel beams of the marina being twisted down to the water level just like in your posting.
dtibbs1963 2 years ago
thank you for sharing this,i was traveling in a bus with my mother 3 days after camille on the coast.
darr777 2 years ago