Hurricane Camille : monster storm of the Gulf Coast /

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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. Surv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hearn, Philip D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2004.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Hurricane Camille, 1969.
Ouragan Camille, 1969.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) > History > 20th century.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) > Biography.
Mexique, Côte du Golfe du (Mississ.) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mexique, Côte du Golfe du (Mississ.) > Biographies.
Mississippi > Gulf Coast.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "You could see the black coming in"
  • The history of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • Hunraken
  • Killer Camille
  • Tracking the monster
  • The survivors
  • The next Camille.

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