Re: 1969 in perspective
Posted by CypressTX on 3/9/2010, 12:44 pm
thanks Fred - great photo, she sure did some damage - the "storm wallets" has some good news articles also http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/storm_wallets/cdmp/

I noticed the woodstock, Ireland, astronaut, murder headlines in your photo also - that was a hell of a yr.

While they returned to earth July 24th, Apollo 11 astronauts were not let out of quarantine until Aug 13th - 4 days before Camille hit - to the cheers of all Americans. NASA was quite busy reviewing data I would imagine.  

The NWS did a hell of a job with what they had - GEOS wouldn't be launched into orbit until 1975.  Numbus III  was state of the art at the time.  Here's some shots of Camille satellite views: http://www.deadlystorms.com/storms/1969/Camille/satphotos.htm - wow, have they come a long way !
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Biloxi Mississippi after hurricane Camille 1969 - Fred, 3/8/2010, 7:36 am
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