This is what I know for certain:
1. The bridge between Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian on US 90 is gone. It was a high stucture.
2. The highest surge was at Bay St. Louis on the coast.
3. When I had my boat at Pass Christian I was about two miles or so from the Gulf. The club building was on stilts and the water mark of Camille was on the ceiling of the first floor. About twenty feet up over two miles inland. This surge that came in was a good bit higher.
4. Jefferson Davis's house survived Camille, its gone now.
5. I heard of one family in Bay St. Louis well up in the city had just built a house with its foundation located above the high water mark. They rode the storm out or at least attempted to. This house flooded up to the ceiling. They made it out of the house to a small sailboat that was tied in the back yard and rode the rest of this storm out in it. After the water went down they decided to walk further inland. This is the last I know about this family.
6. It was reported that NO STRUCTURES in Pass Christian survived the storm.
I guess we will just have to wait and see and do a lot of praying. I am trying to contact some of the people I know down there but can't. I just visited these people a little over a month ago.
Horrifying ... that sends chills down my spine.
I think the Gulf Coast press has tried to set up a "check-in" website either through the Red Cross or the paper's website. You might try and see if you can find that to get some information.
I know Hugh Hewitt has linked to this post and scolded for unsourced "junk" but honestly, he hasn't lived in those areas and those of us that have get perspective from posts like this.