One thing that is underappreciated about Camille is the tornadic activity that was spawned.
While the storm surge was incredibly powerful, beaching giant banana cargo ships like they were tub toys, with such powerful winds in Camille there were countless tornadoes constantly forming and spinning off.
Even miles inland, one could find homes reduced to nothing but concrete foundation slabs, which was because of tornadoes formed within the hurricane.
I remember one boat, it was either a tugboat or a shrimpboat, deposited across Highway 90 and after the storm left there and made into a shop.
I got one of two flights into Gulfport after Elena and from the air the place was a mess. The airport was without power, all the light poles were down, and small aircraft were flipped on their wings. At least it wasn’t under water.