Hurricane Camille
Subtitle: monster storm of the Gulf Coast
By: Philip D. Hearn.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Hurricane Camille, 1969.; Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- History -- 20th century.; Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "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 approached 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 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 Missippi, form the core of this book"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: "You could see the black coming in"; title: The history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast; title: Hunraken; title: Killer Camille; title: Tracking the monster; title: The survivors; title: The next Camille.