CATASTROPHE II

"Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity." - Michel de Montaigne

It is one thing to be obliviously unaware of something dangerous, and fall victim. It is also another to be ignorant of how dangerous something is, failed to get a warning then get hurt. The height of it all is, to be aware of how dangerous something is, receive adequate warning of impending danger, and yet refuse to listen and then get hurt. That is the height of folly!

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It was 10:15 p.m. when the front wall of the storm came ashore. Scientists clocked Camille's wind speed at more than 205 miles-per-hour, the strongest on record. Raindrops hit with the force of bullets, and waves off the Gulf Coast crested between twenty-two and twenty-eight feet high. News reports later showed that the worst damage came at the little settlement of motels, go-go bars,

CATASTROPHE

"Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity." - Michel de Montaigne

In 1969, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a group of people were preparing to have a "hurricane party" in the face of a storm named Camille. Were they ignorant of the dangers? Could they have been overconfident? Did they let their egos and pride influence their decision? We'll never know. What we do know is, the wind was howling outside the posh Richelieu Apartments when a Police Chief pulled up sometime after dark. Facing the Beach, the apartments were directly in the line of danger. A man with a drink in his hand came out to the second-floor balcony and waved. The Chief yelled, "You all need to clear out of here as quickly as you can. The storm's getting worse." But as others joined the man, and just laughed at Peralta's order to leave. "This is my land," one of them yelled back.