Camille II

“Camille II” one person has labeled Katrina. While growing up in Mobile, Alabama in the mid-to-late-seventies, I heard stories of the Category 5 hurricane that hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1969. Camille left 256 dead and billions of dollars in damage. There was the infamous tale of the hurricane party where several people gathered at a beach house to celebrate the storm’s arrival. When crews came in the next day, all that was left was a floor slab. It’s amazing how some people react to such obvious displays of power. It’s like Lt. Dan on the top mast of the shrimp boat “Jenny”, raising his fists and shouting at God to come and get him.

UPDATE (8/30)

Teresa Kavanagh, 35, of Biloxi, shook her head is disbelief as she took photographs of the damage in her hometown.

"Total devastation. Apartment complexes are wiped clean. We're going to rebuild, but it's going to take long time. Houses that withstood Camille are nothing but slab now," she said.