Hurricane+Camille+(1969)

Hurricane Camille 1969 Heather Laski

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A hurricane is a storm with violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone. Hurricane Camille started out as a tropical storm in August of 1969. It hit land in the United states on August 17 in the area of Bay Saint Louis in Mississippi. It was a storm that was ranked second in intensity, and Caharlottesville got the most rain from the hurricane with 27 inches of rainfall. The storm started out in a v-shaped tropical wave near Africa and moved west across the Atlantic Ocean. As it moved there was a large pressure drop of 42 mb and the tropical storm quickly turned into a hurricane. By mid August the storm had reached 185 km/h wind speeds and turned into a category 3 hurricane. Eventually it turned into a category 5 storm that was one of the three to hit land in the United States during the 1969 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Meteorological Causes: Hurricanes come from water vapor over warm oceans and are low pressure areas. Where there is little wind shear the heat starts to build up and a low pressure center is formed where the wind starts to circulate in a cyclone, causing a hurricane. Since Hurricane Camille was a category 5 hurricane, this means that the winds were over 155 mph. This is the highest category of a hurricane, and the winds of Camille were up to an incredible 200 mph. It originated off the coast of Africa as a tropical wave which was a very good area in terms of fast growth and strengthening. The storm had a low-level inflow from the Caribbean which kept the air moisturized. The thought-to-be storm turned into a full-blown hurricane in less than 12 hours because of the conditions available for it to thrive and move poleward.



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Aftermath: On August 20, Hurricane Camille made its way back out to sea and slowly but surely diminished. However, even though the hurricane was now gone there was so much damage done that it would be unforgettable on the coast of the United States. There were floods, landslides, power outages, houses torn apart, and many lives lost. In just Virginia there were 113 lives lost and many that were missing and presumed dead, but altogether there were 257 people that died. In addition to the deaths, 8,931 people were recorded injured, and those were just the people who ended up going to the hospital for their injuries. Death is the main highlight of the aftermath but so many other things were destroyed. Over 133 bridges were brought down by the hurricane which would take years to replace and caused immense transport issues, and 5,662 homes were completely torn down by the winds and flooding. That's not even including the homes that had immense damage that were barely repairable. Altogether, there was 1.42 billion dollars (in 1969) worth of damage cause by Hurricane Camille. There is no forgetting or completely coming back from that much physical and emotional damage.

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