0-190 mph in 72 hours flat...

[baygirl_1]

Perry, thank you so much! I, too, was very young when Camille hit, but it is the subject of my first memories. Several days after the storm, my family drove down to Biloxi. My dad, as a salesman, had business friends in that area and wanted to check on them. Also, my dad was an avid amateur meteorologist and wanted to see what Camille had done. I remember seeing a shrimp boat resting next to a badly damaged house and a foundation that used to have a house on it. After seeing one of my dad's friends, we stopped to picnic (in our car) near some railroad tracks. We didn't stay there long because there was a horrible smell. We thought it must have been some garbage or fish or something like that. However, we saw on the news the next night that they found two bodies in the woods on the other side of those train tracks. Camille was so terrible. I sure hope she was a one-of-a-kind and we never see another one like her again!

[BamaMan]

Awesome post on Camille!!! I was 10 years old and living right here in Mobile at the time. That was my first real fascination with storms. I think here we had winds around 80 mph, but we had an enormous amount of rain. It wasn't long afterward when my Dad and I drove down to Pas Christian. It was the worst storm devastation I have seen to date.

[BC]

This thread has given me chills.. Every time I read about or hear about Camille, I get them.. It's a name that I'll never forget and always revere.. I wasn't born yet, but both of my parents grew up in Biloxi and survived Camille..

If you're ever in Biloxi, drive along Hwy 90 near Beauvoir and the President and Treasure Bay Casinos.. Look along the north side of 90 and watch for steps that lead into empty lots.. There were houses there at one time, but Camille wiped them away.. There are also some near the Point in Biloxi..

There's a marker in the Biloxi Harbor of the tidal surge from Camille as well.. Trust me.. It's up there on the pole..

Also, "Camille Cut" is a part of Coast history as Camille cut a path through Ship Island, creating East and West Ship Islands..

[Frank P]

Yeah and I got a marker in my house from Camille's surge... how does 22 feet sound.... my house was surveyed in 1975 for flood insurance purposes... it is 20 feet above sea level at ground level... we had two feet of water in the house from Camille.... can you imagine 22 feet.. when I look out from my front yard at the GOM its hard to believe that the water could get so high... and the areas to the west of me ... Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis had even a greater surge... unbelievable...

Camille is in a class with very few members.....

[Agua]

Yeah, there's a marker up Lameuse street where the water reached. It's like 2.5 steep blocks north of 90.