Roar of the Heavens: Surviving Hurricane Camille
"A riveting account of what it was like to live through the most intense hurricane ever to strike the U.S. mainland." —John GrishamHurricane Camille, packing winds over 200 miles per hour, slammed into Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on August 17, 1969, killing 23 people, sweeping enormous tankers miles inland, and leaving behind 100,000 tons of debris. Yet her real fury would be unleashed a thousand miles inland and two days later.This is the story, told by the survivors and key players, of a meteorological event so powerful and rare that scientists estimate it’s possible only once in a millennium. Camille approached the theoretical limits of what weather can do, and those who witnessed her wrath will never forget the Roar of the Heavens."Roar of the Heavens details the unthinkable that can occur…the immeasurable power of water was never so real." —Jim Cantore, host of The Weather Channel’s Storm Stories"Gripping…compelling…ranks with Isaac’s Storm." —Dr. Robert Simpson, former director, National Hurricane Center