Did any DU'ers go through Camille?

[nytemare]

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[jackster]

1. I was 9 and lived in NFla

I remember it but didn't get a direct hit....

[nytemare]

4. Seems like the panhandle gets more hurricanes than anywhere

That Pensacola area seems to get pounded almost every year.

[Thtwudbeme]

2. Hugo

but, my family lost a beach house in Camille. However, that was in the "good ol days" when that meant "beach shack." It probably cost about 35 dollars to replace the whole thing.

Seriously, it was replaced with another shack, that I remember well (that one gone in Hugo..never replaced)---the most updated "beach house" had a ceramic chamber pot in the downstairs bedroom! :)

Air conditioning meant opening the windows and turning on a fan...

I miss that old stuff...now people build these McMansion things on the beaches in SC...they are just too much for me.

Stephanie

[nytemare]

3. LOL, 35 dollars

Good they weren't hurt.

[DUgosh]

5. Carla

Took the roof of the shelter we were in, tho it left our tiny little adandoned stilt house unscathed. I still have a vivid memory of the eye of Carla going over the roofless shelter as we huddled and prayed. Big hurricanes are not confined to computer models, they just do whatever they want whenever.

[mike_c]

6. I was 14 and remember the flooding in Virginia...

...on its way back out to the north atlantic. I remember pictures of the devastation in Mississippi.

http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm

As Camille marched toward the Mississippi coast in darkness, brick by brick, civilization from near Ansley to Biloxi, was erased. Homes, motels, apartments, restaurants, and other buildings were swept off their foundations, and deposited in mountains of rubble together with trees and automobiles. The local effect resembled an atomic bombing. Camille's 200 mph wind gusts and 25 foot storm surge, destroyed 100 years of growth and progress along the Mississippi coast in only three hours. Survivors near the eye reported a deafening roar of wind, that was by itself truly terrifying, often compared to speeding freight train. Although the damage in all of southern Mississippi was appalling, within about 1/2 mile from the ocean, most of the structures seemed to have just vanished. Only footings and slabs remained. Even plumbing systems had been removed. (W.Guice 1970).

[nytemare]

7. I was just reading about the bad flooding in Va.

I think Pennsylvania got flooding last year from Charley, or one of them. I just remember seeing boats getting caught under a bridge because the water was so high.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. That sounds dirty.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[nytemare]

9. Dirty is in the eye of the beholder.

:P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. It's in my name.

B-)

[TNDemo]

10. I have friends who were in Biloxi and went through it

and said staying was the stupidest thing they ever did.

[nytemare]

17. I hope most people are getting out.

I just saw a stupid person running on the beach in MS behind the weather lady. What a dumb ass.

[Burma Jones]

11. yep, east of NO, my tenth birthday

we only got 100 mph winds, the rain was a sideways wall. It was very impressive. But, of all the oddities, our power never went out. I do remember the panic in the NO suburbs and the people buying, I shit you not, tons of toilet paper. I remember Dad buying about ten boxes of powdered milk and as much canned soup and tuna as he could. We filled up the bathtubs and every container we could find with water.

[nytemare]

15. That is about what I went through here with Charley

My folks a mile away lost power, that area had less damage than mine, but I kept power. I am close to Universal studios, so that must be why.

[RebelOne]

13. Lived in South Florida since I was 4 years old.

I think I must have been through at least 10 hurricanes. In my memory, the worst was Cleo in the '60s. Miami was not prepared for it, because from all reports, it was not going to hit, but all of a sudden, it turned and slammed into South Florida. So there was a lot of damage.

[fishnfla]

14. I did as a child in NOLA

one of my earliest memories, age 4

[nytemare]

16. That must have been creepy for a little kid.

Glad you made it through ok.

[merh]

18. Yep & here I go again!

Don't worry - I'm safe -- just have to wait it out.

Send your prayers and good vibes out for the folks in MS & LA - we need all the good energies to keep us safe from this thing.

:grouphug: Thanks DU! :loveya:

[nytemare]

20. Where are you?

Good luck to you.

[merh]

22. Home is MS Gulf Coast

heading north

Thanks :hi:

:hug:

[nytemare]

23. Go as far as you can!

Yes, good luck to you. And may the patron saint of patience guide your way.

[kwassa]

19. Went through Alex last year on the Outer Banks

Category 1, winds 80-100 mph with gusts to 120 mph.

Ripped up all the screen porches, some siding off houses, and shingles. Caused big flooding on the sound side, destroying hundreds of cars.

We were on the ocean side, and had no real problems, except losing screens in our rental. It was quite exciting. It was also beautiful weather the day before and the day after.

[trof]

21. I evacuated for Camille.

I was in air guard summer camp in Gulfport.
We flew all the planes (F-84 fighters) back to our base in Birmingham a couple of days before it hit.

The day after it cleared Birmingham, we all piled on the general's C-54 (transport type aircraft) and went back for a look see.
The only thing left of the beachfront motels were the swimming pools.
There were huge steel barges a mile or two inland.

We had several press people who hitched a ride with us. One was a Life magazine photographer who was the first to photograph Nagasaki several days after it was bombed. He said Gulfport and Biloxi reminded him of that.

[Tikki]

24. We were stationed at Fort Polk, LA at the time....

of Camille...further up the LA/TX border...but we got tons and tons of rain.

I remember the folks lining the roads north and south in LA asking for donations for the homeless and the damage.


Tikki