Hurricane Camille: catastrophic storm

[carolloving]

this is for danw1374 - i lived through this event, just up the coast line, in buloxi - we were informed that the meter that records the wind speed broke @ 220 miles per hour

[lesorciercalifornien]

I always used to wonder why I didn't remember Woodstock. Later on I realized Camille happened the same weekend. As a 9-year-old, this stuff must have interested me a lot more than hippies getting high with Hendrix.

[danw1374]

Some reports say camilles winds actually went well over 200mph, can anyone confirm this? if so thats incredible

[58bgirl]

I was on vacation with my mom and dad. We had stopped to eat that night in the city and had called our family in Ohio to tell them that we were going to spend the night there. Dad decided after that to drive a little further and we had no idea this had happened after we had left. Remember there were no cellphones etc... back then. Our family in Ohio were scared to death. We heard about it the next morning and called home right away. I find myself quite blessed that we drove on.

[label1877]

I was nearly 7 when this happened... my Dad took me there 2 weeks after it hit. He took some incredible 8mm footage. I remember seeing adults crying like babies, US Army vehicles everywhere... and the local police asking if we had any water. Too bad Mom burned all Dad's 8mm tapes in '79 when she found an old stag movie mixed in.

[animalriderful]

i was looking on the computer and saw it saying it was comparing katrina to camille.i thought katrina was the biggest lols.

[trasymasy7]

Sorry for what I camille, have done. But I could not stop it. I have to say when i get mad, i can turn into a hurricane sometimes.

[machiavelli1980]

hurricane allen tied camille in wind speed not surpassed. and 190 for camille was a low side given the reading was tooken after her winds broke the instrument, meaning the winds were most likely higher than 190

[Letswinjeff]

hurricane andrew took out a whole county....homestead fla. when people weret old to evacuate... THEY DID ! they didnt stay around because they didnt have a way out....mayors jumped into action and moved the citizens. they had no idea it was going to be as devestating a storm as it was. good planning by county officials did their jobs that day.

[renecrod3]

Typhoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record of the 1979 Pacific typhoon season, Tip was able to intensify. After passing Guam, It rapidly intensified and reached peak winds of (190 mph) and a worldwide record low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar ( 25.69 ) on October 12. At its peak strength, it was also the largest tropical cyclone on record with a diameter of (1,380 mi).

[leapingcat]

Hurricane Camille: Packed a bigger punch, created a new apple, Ginger Gold, Pushed a hurricane off course while a tropical storm, and named after a famous meterologists daughter. Was Katrina that unique?

[leapingcat]

Camille was the 2nd most intense hurricane to strike the US. The 1935 labor day hurricane was 1st. Camille was compact and packed a bigger punch. Camille's remaints moved off the VA coast, regained tropical storm strength and her circulation at upper levels was still strong enough to push Hurricane Debbie off course. John Hope's (the Weather Channel) daughter is named Camille. He added her name to the list for the 69 season. Would have done more damage if moving at Kat's forward speed.

[fordude60]

I was 9 when Camille hit. My family and I lived in the part of VA where the remnants of Camille hit. I knew one person who died in the flooding, and later met some survivors from it. THe damage was just unbelieveable.

[MissMaddy881]

1:23

wow! camille was a terrible hurricane! hopefully, we won't see another one like it.

[DudeDie222]

Imagine a Camille today... *shudders.*

[MissMaddy881]

@DudeDie222 omg. hopefully, that won't happen. if camille hit new orleans, it would've totally devastated the city. RIP katrina and camille victims.

[lovencaredoula]

@DudeDie222 my name is camille

[lovencaredoula]

@DudeDie222 my name is Camille

[trasymasy7]

@lovencaredoula my name is Camille. We should all feel srry for what we have donem :(

[nikazgrove]

kool

[DoubleDutchBust]

2:17

[ghostofjackie]

The actual boat is at 1:18 of this video.

[ghostofjackie]

camille cut is the cut in between east ship and west ship island. Yes the hurricane cut ship island in half in 1969. It is now called katrina cut because katrina seperated the two parts of the island even more.

[ILovestorms]

I heard that there was a ship that survived Camille that was made into a building on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, saying something about surviving Camille, that was only to be destroyed by Katrina 36 years later.

[ghostofjackie]

The ship is not a building. It is simply a ship that got washed ashore during Camille and was made into a museum. It was NOT destroyed by Katrina. Actually, it was one of the only buildings standing on the beachfront at all. Still there

[brownies4you]

I was hoping to read a comment from someone about "Camille's Cut".  Wasn't that about a small island that, after Camille passed over, became two small islands due to the force of the water pounding the island?

[MrHoskins1942]

Today Our Very Always Special Mark 40th Anniversary Own Mississippi Gulf Coast It's Never Hope That Special Gulfport and Blioxi Were Celebration Our Since Hurricane "Camille" Gonna Have From August 17-18,1969..

Let's Celebrate Our Mississippi Gulf Coast It's Hurricane Party..

[blueridgetunes]

camille was unique cause it's path of destruction...it stalled when it hit the blue ridge mountains and dumped more than 30 inches of rain in a few hours killing 131 people in nelson county, va. the mountains fell and wiped out entire families.

[brainblaster99]

actually allen beat camille.

[jess4metoo]

@brainblaster99 Allen did indeed pass Camille's intensity while he was still over the water but weakened as he approached land, so technically, Camille is still the worst ever.

[Smartphone775]

Hurricane Allen (1980) tied Camille at Winds 190 MPH

[richmondpalmbay62]

I was not born yet during the camille storm at all they lived in and near sebastian florida but how

[richmondpalmbay62]

My mother told me about camille ive had a stroke she said it affected florida weather I think she was in the storm she and my dad got into a car and looked back and a wave taking a casino and a restaurant with it withpeople eating they were just eating in the place there they all went with the casino and teh restaurant into the ocean I might be from mississippi major stroke she said sebastian maybe thatsher sons name our name i dont know

[Biffandango]

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[chicotower]

My family and I had experienced Pacific hurricanes (typhoons) while living on Guam between 1956 and 1958, but they were nothing compared to Camille! Camille was definitely a storm to remember, with damage so bad that when we returned from evacuation, we could not tell where we were on the Mississippi Gulf Coast!

[camillalpz]

camilla is my name...i live in miami,florida...D';

[MissMaddy881]

@camillalpz the name of the hurricane was camille, not camilla. the names might be related to each other, though.

[camillalpz]

@MissMaddy881 I know the name of the hurricane is Camille but I meant that it was so close to my name by one letter. :]

[ldrdemon]

Keep in mind the wind strength of Camille will never be known, the instruments failed. Luckily it was a compact storm and came on a low tide, Katrina came near a high and seemed to want to hang around. Camille is still the one remembered down here.

[tadwyn]

actually there was ONE wind gauge that survived. It came from an airplane and was designed for over 300 mph. During Camille it register over 200 mph! I knew the man who found it so this is not just a rumor. I know that the windspeed over Hattiesburg (60 miles inland) was 160 mph. I lived through camille and was 7 at the time. Very scary.

[steven85buster]

dauum its crazy. my mom lived through that and she tells me stories all the time. and then she moved back down the coast and i moved wit her. and then me and her live through katrina. lol.

[dsmcclellan]

Katrina and Camille are very similar in a lot of ways. Yes, Camille had stronger winds, but it was moving MUCH faster than Katrina, so the impact wasnt what it COULDVE been. In essence, due to people surviving Camille and not leaving for Katrina, Camille killed as many as Katrina did on 8/29/05.

[chicotower]

I went through a couple of typhoons on Guam, but Hurricane Camille was the absolute worst! After the family returned to the coast from evacuation, we almost could not find our way back to our house because the destruction was nearly absolute; there were very few landmarks left! Fortunately, all of the houses on our street survived, and we lived less than a block from the beach!You never forget a storm like that! It was truly catastrophic.

[Cliner97]

I was 15 years old at the time and had just returned from visiting family in Mobile, Ala. I believe still the record for highest sustained winds. Camille was a relatively compact size hurricane which might have been one saving grace to a whole lot of folks as it wasn't as vast far and wide as say Katrina. It wreaked havoc on us up here in southern Ohio as well because we got some nasty tornado action as a result. Remember it like it was yesterday watching this vid.

[turbocavyguy]

Yea! Camille was definitely a force to be reckoned with. These days not as many people die in hurricanes, but like jimmyhd said, those who died were mostly the ones who refused to evacuate. Just a reminder of how ignorance can cost someone's life. I mean 190mph winds? People can be so stupid sometimes. Had those who stayed left, they may have lived longer. But that's life.

[ariamne1]

@turbocavyguy - For some it was not a simple decison. In Pass Christian, Miss. a young man named Ben Duckworth was asked by a policeman to help move cars and the manager of the Richileu Apartments where he lived asked him to stay and help board up the place and watch out for an old couple, Jack and Zoe Mathews. Zoe had recently broken her hip and was in a wheelchair. Despite his efforts, the Mathews, the manager and his wife and several others who stayed to help died in the storm surge.

[FarFromEquilibrium]

190mph is insane wind. Katrina's 125mph, though destructive, seems mild in comparisson.

[jimmyhd1969]

Most of the deaths that occurred on the gulf were people who refused to evacuate.

[DeborahJB1961]

I was 7 years old when Camilles walls of water crashed over our heads with a fury. This, without a doubt, was the very first crossroad in the Book of Life. A life changing event for sure. I will watch these videos tomorrow cuz my cell phone is rejecting your URLs for all these links. I am sure i will post comments after viewing. Ta ta for now. Stay safe!  Debbie

[imtxsmoke]

Hurricane Camille was the most powerful storm to ever hit the US. I was 12 and living in Jacksonville Florida at the time, but I remember the impact it had on peoples lives.

[logibear64]

I was five years-old when it hit. I remember sitting in my grandparents storm cellar throughout the night. We did not live on the coast but 20-miles east of Jackson. My tree house was our only loss. My family was very lucky! My brother lived in Viriginia and the storm traveled back out to sea and came back and hit Va. Strange irony.

[shadoworld58]

Sounds like you might have lived in Pearl? I was 8 yrs old at the time and thats where I was...and was also raised there. I was in Biloxi a month before Camille hit at a summer camp.