Comments on: Remembering Hurricane Camille In The Rockfish Valley 4 Decades Later : 8.19.09 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2009/08/19/remembering-hurricane-camille-in-the-rockfish-valley-4-decades-later-8-19-09/ Nelson County Life Magazine : Your Source for Everything Nelson Sat, 19 May 2012 19:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Milly Colella http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2009/08/19/remembering-hurricane-camille-in-the-rockfish-valley-4-decades-later-8-19-09/comment-page-1/#comment-4553 Milly Colella Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:53:12 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/?p=17507#comment-4553 Peter, thanks for organizing this program. You are a great asset to our community, and I enjoyed the presentations very much. Milly Colella Peter, thanks for organizing this program. You are a great asset to our community, and I enjoyed the presentations very much. Milly Colella

]]> By: Cindy K http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2009/08/19/remembering-hurricane-camille-in-the-rockfish-valley-4-decades-later-8-19-09/comment-page-1/#comment-4551 Cindy K Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:38:07 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/?p=17507#comment-4551 In 1969, I was 9 years old. My dad was a deputy sheriff here in the county. I remember him leaving home when he got a phone call about all the flooding and then not coming home for a week because he was helping with the rescues and recoveries. To this day, I can remember the smell that permeated the county-it was the smell of tons of soil that was moved down the mountains & through the hollows by the flood waters. In 1969, I was 9 years old. My dad was a deputy sheriff here in the county. I remember him leaving home when he got a phone call about all the flooding and then not coming home for a week because he was helping with the rescues and recoveries. To this day, I can remember the smell that permeated the county-it was the smell of tons of soil that was moved down the mountains & through the hollows by the flood waters.

]]> By: Renita http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2009/08/19/remembering-hurricane-camille-in-the-rockfish-valley-4-decades-later-8-19-09/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 Renita Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/?p=17507#comment-4546 When I was 13 years old 40 years ago, i do remember the flood from Camille. I remember the bodies, houses live stock, people sitting on top of there homes floating down James River near Wingina, VA. I did not seem real, but i remembered it very clear When I was 13 years old 40 years ago, i do remember the flood from Camille. I remember the bodies, houses live stock, people sitting on top of there homes floating down James River near Wingina, VA. I did not seem real, but i remembered it very clear

]]> By: peter agelasto http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2009/08/19/remembering-hurricane-camille-in-the-rockfish-valley-4-decades-later-8-19-09/comment-page-1/#comment-4543 peter agelasto Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:27:22 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/?p=17507#comment-4543 Only In Nelson County and at Nelson County Life could an event occur at 10 AM and a story with photos appear for all to see within hours. Thanks. The program at the Rockfish was an appropriate remembrance for our community. It could have occurred in any one of a dozen communities in Nelson where the devestation and loss of life were concentrated in August 1969. Thanks to Doctor Bob Raynor and to Ollie Hughes and representatives of Madison House at UVA who told their stories and to the people who came out . We received a gift to the Camille Resource Center of photos from Peggy Fitzgerald Ballowe and a CD with 74 photos taken by Harold Wright who was with the Highway Dept in 1969. Thanks Pegg and Harold. The event at the Nelson County High School tomorrow evening will be remembered for decades to come. A card will be given to every attendee to record those present - sort of like a guest book. The Oakland Museum and the Camille Steering Committee look forward to seeing many of you there. There has been a lot of hard work put into the program and we know you will enjoy it. Thanks in advance to all who are participating. And thanks to Nelson County Life for recording life in Nelson .... Peter Agelasto Only In Nelson County and at Nelson County Life could an event occur at 10 AM and a story with photos appear for all to see within hours. Thanks.

The program at the Rockfish was an appropriate remembrance for our community. It could have occurred in any one of a dozen communities in Nelson where the devestation and loss of life were concentrated in August 1969. Thanks to Doctor Bob Raynor and to Ollie Hughes and representatives of Madison House at UVA who told their stories and to the people who came out . We received a gift to the Camille Resource Center of photos from Peggy Fitzgerald Ballowe and a CD with 74 photos taken by Harold Wright who was with the Highway Dept in 1969. Thanks Pegg and Harold.

The event at the Nelson County High School tomorrow evening will be remembered for decades to come. A card will be given to every attendee to record those present – sort of like a guest book. The Oakland Museum and the Camille Steering Committee look forward to seeing many of you there. There has been a lot of hard work put into the program and we know you will enjoy it. Thanks in advance to all who are participating. And thanks to Nelson County Life for recording life in Nelson ….

Peter Agelasto

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