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THE OWL, AUGUST 11, 1970
BY FUSTY BAICH
LCNG HEACH, MISS_______Our «un-
hlingold Victoriaxi home in Tong Beach had surely withstood worse in its time. We had ridden out so many other hurricanes in beach homes; we felt safe in this one! higher than the predicted tides, more like a fortress than a house. CXir decision to stay was reinforced "by the warm security we felt as Camille began to rage ourside and the house was not even trembling. The power failed, tiie phone lines were down, and the wind building its force in gusts didn't even shake our awnings much less our confidence.
lfy husband John, our 8-year-old son Charlie, his house-guest Taay Preisser. our neice Lile Erescottj and fess Christian in our living listened to the of the storm's in our candlelit liv-waiting
CAMILLE DELIVERS MIGHTY BLOW TO CUBA . . . HEADED FOR THE OPEN GULF . . . GALE WARNINCS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MARQUESAS KEYS AND DRY TORTUGAS.
SMALL CRAFT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE HARBOR AND THOSE ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM SAFE HARBOR. SMALL CRAFT ALONG . THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.
ADVISORY NO. 8 (> AM EDT SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1969
friends from sat with me room as radio reports progress -- —-ing room. We were
for the eye to reach us so we could take stock and brace ourselves and the house for the whiplash effects of the other side of the storm. We calculated that we had 15 minutes before the eye, and that (Continued on page 5)
"Hurricane Camille" try the celebrated Gulf Coast artist-Sculptor, Hany D. Reeks.
THE HISTORY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE
(F.XCERPTS FROM BULLETINS OF THE WEATHER BUREAU) BULLETIN 9 AM EDT FRIDAY AUGUST 15, 1969
CAMILLE A FULL FLEDGED HURRICANE.
ADVISORY NO. 6 PM EDT FRIDAY AUGUST 1 5, 1969
CAMILLE LASHING EXTREME WESTERN CUBA.
ADVISORY NO. 7 12 MIDNIGHT EDT SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1969
. . . CAMILLE POSES THREAT TO NORTHWEST FLORIDA WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT AT DRY TORTUGAS.
GALE
SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST AND AS FAR WEST AS MOBILE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL ADVISORY NO. 9 9 AM EDT SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1969
. . . HURRICANE WATCH ORDERED FOR GULF COAST FROM NORTHWEST FLORIDA TO MISSISSIPPI . . .
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BILOXI MISSISSIPPI TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA AT 8 AM CDT. SPECIFIC HURRICANE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS COASTLINE AT NOON TODAY FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF FURTHER RECON INFORMATION FROM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CAMILLE.
ADVISORY NO. 10 11 AM CDT SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 1969
. . . HURRICANE CAMILLE . . . SMALL BUT DANGEROUS , , , THREATENS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST . . .
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(Editor’s Note: Ronny Caire, publisher of the Pass Christian Owl, saw his home at Pass Christian Isics and his newspaper office destroyed by Camille. This is his exclusive story of storm devastation between Henderson Point and Clulfport, written for the Times-Picayune).
By RONNY CAIRE
I have seen destruction. I worked in the 1947 hurricane. I was in Cameron shortly after the devastation there from Hurricane Audrey. I worked at City Hall in New Orleans during Betsy and dug out the ruins of my home in Pass Christian three days later.
None of this even began to prepare you for the results of Hurricane (Continued on Page 9)