Hurricane Camille
Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast
Seiten
2026
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-1-4968-6362-1 (ISBN)
University Press of Mississippi (Verlag)
978-1-4968-6362-1 (ISBN)
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Nominated Best Nonfiction Book for 2004 by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and smashed into Mississippi’s twenty-six miles of coastline. Winds were clocked at more than 200 miles per hour, tidal waves surged to nearly 35 feet, and the barometric pressure of 26.85 inches neared an all-time low. Survivors of the killer storm date events as BC and AC—Before Camille and After Camille.
The history of Hurricane Camille is told here through the eyes and the memories of those who survived the traumatic winds and tides. Their firsthand accounts, compiled a decade after the storm and archived at the University of Southern Mississippi, form the core of this book.
Property damage exceeded $1.5 billion, $48.6 billion in today’s dollars. Fashionable beachfront homes, holiday hotels, marinas, nightclubs, and souvenir shops were devastated. The death toll in the state’s three coastal counties—Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson—reached 131, with another 41 persons never found. The rampaging storm then moved north through Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia and sparked flash floods that killed more than 100 in Virginia before moving into the Atlantic. Camille is one of only three Category 5 hurricanes ever to hit the US mainland.
Along the Coast today, vacant lots, slabs of concrete, and mysterious staircases and driveways leading to nowhere are Camille’s eerie reminders. The ruins that remain, however, are overshadowed by the dazzle and fun at the dozen casinos and high-rise hotels that dominate the modern beachfront. Once more the seashore is thriving. Rambling homes, the neon lights of motels and family restaurants, and the nets and masts of shrimp boats mark the skyline. For the Mississippi Coast, a historic retreat between New Orleans on the west and Mobile on the east, these are the best of times.
This gripping story of the Coast’s most devastating storm of the twentieth century recounts what happened on a terrifying night more than three decades ago. It also reminds us of what can happen again.
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and smashed into Mississippi’s twenty-six miles of coastline. Winds were clocked at more than 200 miles per hour, tidal waves surged to nearly 35 feet, and the barometric pressure of 26.85 inches neared an all-time low. Survivors of the killer storm date events as BC and AC—Before Camille and After Camille.
The history of Hurricane Camille is told here through the eyes and the memories of those who survived the traumatic winds and tides. Their firsthand accounts, compiled a decade after the storm and archived at the University of Southern Mississippi, form the core of this book.
Property damage exceeded $1.5 billion, $48.6 billion in today’s dollars. Fashionable beachfront homes, holiday hotels, marinas, nightclubs, and souvenir shops were devastated. The death toll in the state’s three coastal counties—Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson—reached 131, with another 41 persons never found. The rampaging storm then moved north through Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia and sparked flash floods that killed more than 100 in Virginia before moving into the Atlantic. Camille is one of only three Category 5 hurricanes ever to hit the US mainland.
Along the Coast today, vacant lots, slabs of concrete, and mysterious staircases and driveways leading to nowhere are Camille’s eerie reminders. The ruins that remain, however, are overshadowed by the dazzle and fun at the dozen casinos and high-rise hotels that dominate the modern beachfront. Once more the seashore is thriving. Rambling homes, the neon lights of motels and family restaurants, and the nets and masts of shrimp boats mark the skyline. For the Mississippi Coast, a historic retreat between New Orleans on the west and Mobile on the east, these are the best of times.
This gripping story of the Coast’s most devastating storm of the twentieth century recounts what happened on a terrifying night more than three decades ago. It also reminds us of what can happen again.
Philip D. Hearn (1943–2024) was a longtime Mississippi news reporter and editor as well as a research writer for the University Relations Office of Mississippi State University. His work was published in Army Reserve magazine, Vietnam Magazine, and many newspapers.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jackson |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4968-6362-3 / 1496863623 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4968-6362-1 / 9781496863621 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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