Hurricane Camille

Hurricane Camile struck the Gulf Coast in August 1969 destroying two offshore structures and badly damaging a third. The structures had experienced storm wave-induced mudslides. This brought forward the need for better sediment properties and methods of analysis. 

Hurricane Camile struck Gulf Coast in August 1969... 

G. Guedes Soares, Z. Cherneva and E. Antao, Abnormal waves during hurricane Camille, J. Geophys. Res. Ocean 109, C08008 (2004). 

Hurricane Camille, August 1969. This hurricane caused considerable material damage on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico. We can clearly see the eye of the storm and a ring surrounding the central part of this... 

FIGURE 10.6 Damage from hurricane Camille in 1969 was extensive along the Gulf Coast, as these before and after images from Mississippi demonstrate. 

---