This makes me wish John Hope was still alive. His Weather Channel coverage of hurricanes was legendary. Supposedly Camille was named after his daughter or vice versa.
You are right! From Google...As the center was preparing the list of hurricane names for 1969, John suggested Camille as the "C" name, in honor of his daughter. Little did John Hope know that both he and his daughter would make history in 1969. Camille became the second most powerful hurricane to reach land in the history of the United States, and John was covering the storm.