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ESSA to NOAA and Environmental Focus (1965-1980), blogsOne of Four: Hurricane Camille
On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast, only one of four hurricanes to make landfall on the continental United States as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The rainfall, winds, and storm surge from Camille caused 256 deaths across several states: 143 on the Gulf Coast, and another 113 as a result of flooding in Virginia later in the week. All told, the damage caused by Camille totaled nearly $1.4 billion (about $10 billion today). For 36 years, Camille held the record as the most devastating hurricane to strike the Gulf Coast. Read More »
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ESSA to NOAA and Environmental Focus (1965-1980)Almost Science Fiction: Hurricane Modification and Project STORMFURY
In the years between 1962 and 1983, hurricane observation took an enormous step in an ambitious direction that almost sounds like science fiction: human interference and the modification of hurricanes. Read More »
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Post-War Expansion (1945-1960)My Battle with Audrey
A Young Coast Surveyor's wife provides a graphic first-hand description of Hurricane Audrey's destruction. Read More »
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The Weather Bureau Rises (1891-1912)Galveston Storm of 1900
Join meteorologist Isaac Cline as he describes his experiences during the worst disaster to ever befall the United States. Read More »