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Hurricane Camille (1969) was one of the most powerful storms ever to strike the Mississippi Gulf Coast—yet it is often overshadowed by Hurricane Katrina.

Disaster preparation and recovery were vastly different in 1969. The destruction caused by Camille became one of the first modern tests of resilience for the Gulf Coast—and the lessons still matter today.

u/Own_Marionberry6189 — 7 days ago