Hurricane Camille was the third and strongest tropical cyclone and second hurricane during the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the second of three catastrophic Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century (the others being 1935’s Labor Day hurricane and 1992’s Hurricane Andrew), which it did near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the night of August 17.
Camille was the only Atlantic hurricane to exhibit recorded sustained wind speeds of at least 190 miles per hour (310 km/h) until Allen equaled it in 1980. It is the only confirmed Atlantic hurricane in recorded history to make landfall with wind speeds at or above such a level.The actual wind speed of Hurricane Camille will never be known, however, as it destroyed all of the wind recording instruments upon making landfall. By central pressure, in turn, Camille was the second strongest U.S. landfalling hurricane in recorded history, second only to the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935. It was also the first modern Category 5 hurricane to ever receive a person’s name when making landfall in the United States.
Sir Bevedere speaking to King Barry
Who are you who are so stupid in the ways of science?
Another amazing storm in 1969 was hurricane Debbie which went past southern Greenland still a hurricane.