[Howlin]

Look at the stats on Camille:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:WH21Ojgz4YYJ:www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm+hurricanes+with+lowest+barometric+pressure&hl=en

[maggief]

I visited Biloxi after Camille ... devastating.

[Tarpon]

I put that link up before as I keep it as a reminder. We had a house in Biloxi that survived Camille. Most of the catastrophic damage was in the strip that was on the gulf side of the huge sand dune that runs down the peninsula, the gulf on one side, Biloxi bay on the other. A train track topped the dune and made it into quite the dike and wind break. On the inland side, there was little damage. Like Andrew, the damage had no rhyme or reason, it just happened.

One curiosity is the old civil war Jeff Davis mansions were not too damaged. They were built up against the berm.