Hurricane Camille

Author : Mark M. Smith
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820339547
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Camille 1969 written by Mark M. Smith and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six years before Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and southern Mississippi, the region was visited by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the United States: Camille. Mark M. Smith offers three highly original histories of the storm's impact in southern Mississippi. In the first essay Smith examines the sensory experience and impact of the hurricane--how the storm rearranged and challenged residents' senses of smell, sight, sound, touch, and taste. The second essay explains the way key federal officials linked the question of hurricane relief and the desegregation of Mississippi's public schools. Smith concludes by considering the political economy of short- and long-term disaster recovery, returning to issues of race and class. Camille, 1969 offers stories of survival and experience, of the tenacity of social justice in the face of a natural disaster, and of how recovery from Camille worked for some but did not work for others. Throughout these essays are lessons about how we might learn from the past in planning for recovery from natural disasters in the future.

Author : Hearn, Philip D.
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604736304
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane Camille written by Hearn, Philip D. and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated Best Nonfiction Book for 2004 --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, night clubs, 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 U.S. 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 recounts what happened on a terrifying night more than three decades ago. It reminds, too, what can happen again.

Author : Robert D. Dikkers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane Camille--August 1969 written by Robert D. Dikkers and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Judith A. Howard
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472025872
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Category 5 written by Judith A. Howard and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the real victims of a perfect storm— overwhelmingly the poor— left behind in the aftermath of a deadly hurricane “ A riveting new book.” — Tallahassee Democrat “ Not simply an historical account of a storm thirty-seven years ago but a living, breathing entity brimming with the modern-day reality that, yes, it can happen again.” — American Meteorological Society Bulletin "Fascinating, easy-to-read, yet informative.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch “ Almost like sitting in front of the television watching the events unfold. A page-turner from the very first page.” — Ruston Morning Paper “ There is much we can all learn from this relevant and highly engaging chronicle.” — Biloxi Sun Herald “ A must-read for anyone who wants to take an emotional stroll through the rubble of these Gulf Coast fishing communities and learn what happened.” — Apalachicola Times “ Should be required reading for anyone living in the path of these terrible storms.” — Moondance.org As the unsettled social and political weather of summer 1969 played itself out amid the heat of antiwar marches and the battle for civil rights, three regions of the rural South were devastated by the horrifying force of Category 5 Hurricane Camille. Camille’ s nearly 200 mile per hour winds and 28-foot storm surge swept away thousands of homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. Twenty-four oceangoing ships sank or were beached; six offshore drilling platforms collapsed; 198 people drowned. Two days later, Camille dropped 108 billion tons of moisture drawn from the Gulf onto the rural communities of Nelson County, Virginia— nearly three feet of rain in 24 hours. Mountainsides were washed away; quiet brooks became raging torrents; homes and whole communities were simply washed off the face of the earth. In this gripping account, Ernest Zebrowski and Judith Howard tell the heroic story of America’ s forgotten rural underclass coping with immense adversity and inconceivable tragedy. Category 5shows, through the riveting stories of Camille’ s victims and survivors, the disproportionate impact of natural disasters on the nation’ s poorest communities. It is, ultimately, a story of the lessons learned— and, in some cases, tragically unlearned— from that storm: hard lessons that were driven home once again in the awful wake of Hurricane Katrina. Ernest Zebrowski is founder of the doctoral program in science and math education at Southern University, a historically black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University’ s Pennsylvania College of Technology. His previous books include Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters. Judith Howard earned her Ph.D. in clinical social work from UCLA, and writes a regular political column for the Ruston, Louisiana, Morning Paper.

Author : Garnett P. Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erosional and Depositional Aspects of Hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969 written by Garnett P. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stefan Bechtel
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806528335
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roar of the Heavens written by Stefan Bechtel and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an hour-by-hour account--told by survivors--of 1969's Hurricane Camille, this book puts a human face on one of the nation's worst natural disasters. 16-page photo insert.

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission. National Industry Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane Camille, August 17-21, 1969 written by United States. Federal Communications Commission. National Industry Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Cory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817215651
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Head-on with Hurricane Camille written by George Cory and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrates the harrowing events that followed a family's decision not to abandon their Gulfport, Mississippi, home although it was in the path of Hurricane Camille.

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission. National Industry Advisory Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane Camille, August 17-21, 1969; Effect on Communications written by United States. Federal Communications Commission. National Industry Advisory Committee and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip D. Hearn
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1628469099
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hurricane Camille written by Philip D. Hearn and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated Best Nonfiction Book for 2004 —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, night clubs, 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 U.S. 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 recounts what happened on a terrifying night more than three decades ago. It reminds, too, what can happen again.