Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille1
We can battle down and ride it out
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Wind and rain now whipped the house
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Camille, meanwhile, had raked its way northward across Mississippi
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and the group heard gun-like reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated
Water rose above their ankles
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The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade
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The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away
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Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees, and blown-down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads
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A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air
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Richelieu Apartments
