CamilleTelecast-Postcard:Layout 1 8/11/09 10:03 AM Page 1 “A Lady Called Camille”

For 36 years, until Katrina came along, it stood dubiously as our gold standard. The gauge by which all storms were judged. Hurricane Camille, Aug. 17, 1969. Winds in excess of 210 mph. A 24-foot tidal surge, topped by 10-foot seas. A death toll of more than 250 people, including 131 in Mississippi alone, and 43 people reported as missing. 8,931 injuries. 5,662 homes destroyed. $5.2 billion in damage (in 1990 dollars). To mark the 40th anniversary of Camille, and to help educate property owners about the deadly force of severe weather, the City of Biloxi and Cable One are airing “A Lady Called Camille,” a 30-minute documentary that chronicles that devastation wrought by the Category 5 storm. Most important of all, you’ll learn why it’s so important that you take steps now to protect yourself and your property, that you minimize the risk of damage from the next time peril heads our way. And it will. “A Lady Called Camille” Cable Channel 13 Monday, Aug. 17, 8:30 a.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Mayor A.J. Holloway and the Biloxi City Council George Lawrence William “Bill” Stallworth Lucy Denton Clark Griffith Tom Wall Edward “Ed” Gemmill David Fayard biloxi.ms.us

Purchase the “Katrina & Biloxi” DVD – with bonus storm footage and a companion 50-page photo album – at any public library in Harrison County for $20. CamilleTelecast-Postcard:Layout 1 8/11/09 10:03 AM Page 2

National Hurricane Center director to mark Camille anniversary

Anybody can have a site Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center and a former on-board meteorologist for the Hurricane Hunters, will speak about the impact of Hurricane on the World Wide Web, Camille and advances in hurricane forecasting when he addresses a luncheon on Aug. but there’s only one that 17 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Camille striking Biloxi and the Gulf Coast. delivers news exclusively The red beans-and-rice luncheon will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the Biloxi about the City of Biloxi Community Center on Howard Avenue. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Advance tickets, at directly to you. $5 each, are available at all Biloxi branches of The Peoples Bank or at the door the day of the luncheon. It’s biloxi.ms.us. Beau Rivage Resort & Casino will sponsor the event, meaning all proceeds from the admission fee will be used by the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer for landscaping in the area near the Don’t wait until a Camille memorial. storm threatens to get Read began his career in 1977 with the service’s test and evaluation division vital information in Sterling, Va. He developed his forecasting skills in Fort Worth and , Texas, and served as severe thunderstorm and flash flood program leader at the National Weather Service headquarters in about your Silver Spring, Md. community. Get it In 1992, Read was appointed to direct the /Galveston weather forecast office of NOAA’s now. Delivered National Weather Service, and led it through the challenges of the National Weather Service directly to you and modernization and restructuring program in the mid-1990s. He was named director of the National Weather Service’s Tropical Prediction Center, which includes for free. In the four years the Miami-headquarters National Hurricane Center and two other divisions, in January 2008. He had since Katrina, the city has e-mailed more than 2 1/2 million served as the center’s acting deputy director since August 2007. storm-recovery updates to Biloxians and an audience around the Before joining the National Weather Service, Read served in the U.S. Navy, where his duties included globe. Information on a host of local issues and projects, as well an assignment as an on-board meteorologist with the Hurricane Hunters, based at Keesler Air Force Base as details about special meetings and events of community in Biloxi. interest. These e-mails and the city website are your No. 1 source of information on all things Biloxi. PRST STD Important Storm & Flood US POSTAGE PAID Visit the city’s web site at biloxi.ms.us and click on Bmail on the Preparation Info PERMIT 57 left side of the screen. It takes only a few seconds to sign up, BILOXI, MS 39530 and you’ll be in the loop – and in the know. ECRWSS

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