Remembering a Storm’s Fury

August 17 started out as a beau­ti­ful sum­mer day on the Mis­sis­sippi Gulf Coast.  But in just a few short hours, it turned into one of the worst days the Gulf Coast had ever seen.  Today marks the 40^th anniver­sary of Hur­ri­cane Camille’s land­fall in Pass Chris­t­ian, Mis­sis­sippi.  Her twenty-four foot storm surge would wipe out nearly all busi­nesses, homes, his­tor­i­cal sites and any other struc­ture within sight of the beach.  It was nine years before I was born, but I will never for­get the sto­ries I was told of the hor­ror that hap­pened on that day.