[petitfour]

Here is the lead to a story from the MS Clarion Ledger this morning:

Gov. Haley Barbour predicted the death toll from Katrina will surpass the record by which all hurricanes are measured — Camille, which killed 143 people in 1969.

Barbour toured the devastated area Tuesday and described how a half mile between the Gulf Coast and the railroad had been swept clean of casinos, restaurants, houses and other structures.

[petitfour]

Oops. That second paragraph should also be in Italians.

[Verginius Rufus]

According to The World Almanac the death toll from Camille was 256. Possibly 143 was the number killed just in Mississippi.