BOSSHOG
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:01 AM
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36 Years ago today - Hurricane Camille |
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The mother of all Hurricanes slammed into the Mississippi Coast:
- 200+ mile per hour winds - 35 foot tidal waves - 26.85 inch barometric pressure (all time low) - 11 billion dollars damage (today's money) - 131 Dead - 41 persons never found
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meegbear
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:11 AM
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1. Was that the storm with the people having a Hurricane party ... |
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and the building was destroyed by the storm and people were washed away?
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:16 AM
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It was at a large apartment complex. Some of the residents chose not to heed the warnings and planned to have a hurricane party. The apartment complex was totally destroyed.
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:33 AM
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5. I remember watching a woman give an interview about that party |
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They got on the roof of a building and were going to party while the storm came ashore. It was something like a three story building and the water came over it. That's how I remember it anyway. Its a long time ago.
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:15 AM
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This one put cracks in our water reservoir. We cooked with, flushed and drank our pool water for about 5 days.
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Wed Aug-17-05 08:32 AM
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4. I remember it well.... |
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as a child it was my first exposure to the force of mother nature. Watching the film of a woman's reaction to looking for and finding her home demolished across the street from it's foundation was something I will never forget.
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