question on Camille and Andrew canes

[patsmsg]

It was (at least in relation to the barometric pressure), at 26.35 inches. Camille was 26.84, and Andrew 27.23.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastint.shtml

[Byrd]

My husband and I drove through the Camille ruins about three weeks after. It still looked just like the photos in the link posted.

We couldn't believe the total destruction, and have never forgotten it. The trees were hung with debris--clothing, toys, everything--yet the most awful thing was the sight of the washed-clean home sites, just concrete steps and an occasional bathtub.

When we hear "Category 5", that's what we think of!

Byrd

[Ixolib]

They became known around here as "Steps to Nowhere..."

[artinla]

The 1935 storm was much much smaller in size, even though it was very intense. The overall damage was not spread over such a huge area. Also, in 1935, south Florida was not nearly so populated as today. Most of the deaths in the labor day storm were in a military camp, explaining why over 400 could perish in a sparsely populated area. Camille was such a monster, I have to vote for her as the worst ever.

[greeng13]

a little different question...wasn't hugo updated after the fact from a 4 to a 5? any pics of the "catastrophic damage" seen with landfalls of cat 5 storms from hugo?

i wasn't living here at the time but have heard stories of people in a shelter in mcclellanville clinging to the rafters....just wondering if that was the truth or not

[Anonymous]

Just remember this.

Camille's dollar damage, was 4.7 BILLION dollars! And this was in 1969, when the Mississippi coast wasn't nearly what it was/is in say '92; the year of Andrew.

Imagine a Cat. 5, with sustained winds of 190mph, gusts over 220....and then what today's dollar amount would be. It would be in the 10's of billions. THAT IS 10'S OF BILLIONS!

Camille was one of a kind.