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THE OWL, AUGUST 11 , 1970
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lie with all w-ie strength a person could master when he was wrenched from me and caught with some monstrous shadow of a thing behind his head and a jagged beam under his throat. Where I found the dispensation from panic to extricate him from that, God knows. I held him harder, like a mother.
We learned quickly that we had to keep our legs up because the undertow was pulling us down, and there was more debris beneath the surface than that flying above us. We climbed over pieces of wall and floor and furniture and branches of trees, flattening ourselves up from the undertow and down from the wind. We were virtually crawling over the surface of the water. We finally came to a large piece of roof which seemed stable enough to rely on long enough to consider our next move. We tried to get our bearings; it seemed as though we were skirting the shore of the Gulf, with the palm trees that liqed the beach road to the windward of us. We called out, but the roar of the wind threw our voices back at us. The wind paralyzed us with the sheer coldness. Who knows how much time passed. Ify watch had ironically stopped at midnight, just as this nightmare had begun, and we bad no orientation in time nor space. We called out a-gain for John, and this time we got an answer! There was (Continued on Page 9)
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HISTORY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE (Continued from Page 6)
ALACHICOLA. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY TO GRAND IS LE.P REP A RATIONS AGAINST THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE DARK.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AND TIDES ARE RISING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GALES IN SQUALLS ARE SPREADING INLAND OVER THE WARNING AREA AND WINDS WILL REACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI . . .ALABAMA. AND INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA LATER THIS AFTER NOON OR BY EARLY TONIGHT.T1 IE FOLLOWING TIDES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS CAMILLE MOVES INLAND . . . MISSISSIPPI COAST GULFPORT TO PASCAGOULA 15 TO 20 FEET . . ,1’ASCA GOULA TO MOBILE 10 TO 15 FEET . . . EAST OF MOBILE TO PENSA COLA 6 TO 10 FEET. ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA OF HURRICANE WARNING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 5 TO 8 FEET. IMME DIATE EVACUATION OF AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE TIDES IS ADVISED.
THE CENTER OF CAMILLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST NEAR GULFPORT EARLY TONIGHT.
BULLETIN 7 PM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1909
. . . CAMILLE . . . EXTREMELY DANGEROUS . . .CENTER SKIRTED MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER , . . TAKES AIM ON THE MIS S1SSIITI ALABAMA COAST.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI . . . ALABAMA . . . AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST TO AP ALACHICOLA. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY TO GRAND ISLE. PREPARATIONS AGAINST THIS EXTREME LY DANGEROUS HURRICANE SHOULD BE COMPLETED IMME DIATELY.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AND TIDES ARE RISING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD. HUR RICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GALES IN SQUALLS ARE SPREADING IN LAND OVER THE WARNING AREA AND WINDS WILL REACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI . . . COASTAL ALABAMA .. . AND INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA EARLY TONIGHT. THE FOLLOWING TIDES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS CAMILLE MOVES INLAND . . . MISSISSIPPI COAST GULFPORT TO PASCAGOULA 15 TO 20 FEET . . . PASCAGOULA TO MOBILE 1 0 TO 1 5 ’ FEET . . . EAST OF MOBILE TO PENSACOLA 6 TO 10 FEET. ELSE WHERE IN THE AREA OF HURRICANE WARNING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 5 TO 8 FEET. IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE TIDES IS URGED.
THE CENTER OF CAMILLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST NEAR GULFPORT EARLY TONIGHT.
BULLETIN 9 PM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17. 1969
THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA COAST . . .
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI . . . ALABAMA . . . AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST TO APALACHICOLA. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY TO GRAND ISLE. CONTINUE ALL PRECAUTIONS.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AND TIDES ARE RISING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WILL BE SPREADING OVER MOST OF THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THE FOLLOWING TIDES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS CAMILLE MOVES INLAND . . . MISSISSIPPI COAST GULFPORT TO PASCAGOULA 15 TO 20 FEET , , , PASCAGOULA TO MOBILE I 0 TO 15 FEET . . . EAST OF MOBILE TO PENSACOLA 6 TO 10 FEET. ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA OF HURRICANE WARNING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 5 TO 8 FEET. IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE HIGH TIDES IS URGENTLY ADVISED.
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THE CENTER OF CAMILLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST NEAR GULFPORT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED 190 NEAR THE CENTER. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 60 MILES AND GALES EXTEND OUTWARD 180 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE AIR FORCE RECON FLIGHT INTO CAMILLE THIS AFTERNOON REPORTED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 26.61 INCHES.
ADVISORY NO. 18 II PM CDT SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1969
. . . CAMILLE . . .MOVING INLAND NEAR GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI. . .
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NEW ORLEANS AND GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI . . . ALABAMA . . . AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST TO APALACHICOLA. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY TO GRAND ISLE. CONTINUE ALL PRECAUTIONS.
WINDS ARE INCREASING AND TIDES ARE RISING ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM GRAND ISLE EASTWARD. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE WARNING AREA.
THE FOLLOWING TIDES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS CAMILLE MOVES INLAND . . . MISSISSIPPI COAST . . . GULFPORT TO PASCAGOULA 15 TO 20 FEET . . . PASCAGOULA TO MOBILE 10 TO 15 FEET . . . EAST OF MOBILE TO PENSACOLA 6 TO 10 FEET. ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA OF HURRICANE WARNING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 5 TO 8 FEET. IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OF AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE HIGH TIDES IS URGENTLY ADVISED.
AT 11 PM CDT . . . 0400Z . . . THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CAMILLE WAS LOCATED BY NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER LAND BASED RADARS NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH . . . LONGITUDE 89.1 WEST ... OR NEAR GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI.