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Photos By Paul Purpura : ©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : The audience spilled onto the stage, and adjoinging rooms to accomodate the crowds at the 40 Year Anniversary Presentation On Hurricane Camille.

Standing Room Only For 40 Year Anniversary Of Hurricane Camille : 8.21.09

[ 4 ] August 21, 2009

ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia There wasn’t a single seat left to to sit in, or corner left to stand in at Thursday night’s remembrance of the 40 year anniversary of Hurricane Camille held at Nelson County High School. A slide presentation was followed by a program including music, recognition of the Nelson County flood victims, [...]

Photo By Brower York : ©1969-2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : The area along the Rockfish River in 1969 after Camille hit. The exact spot of Wednesday's ceremony.

Camille 40th Remembrance In The Rockfish Valley This Morning : 8.19.09

[ 0 ] August 19, 2009

ShareSPONSOR: ROCKFISH VALLEY FOUNDATION EVENT: 40th Anniversary Remembrance of Camille – the Flood WHEN : August 19, 2009 10:00 AM WHERE: Rockfish Valley trail head on RT 151 at site of Historic Camille marker PROGRAM: Story of the August 1969 tragedy in the Rockfish Valley through the eyes of those on the scene during search [...]

Photos By Brower York : ©1969-2011 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Destruction in 1969 from Hurrican Camille as seen through the lens of photographer Brower York. Click any photo to enlarge.

40 Years Later : Nelson Remembers Hurricane Camille This Week : 8.17.09

[ 10 ] August 17, 2009

ShareNelson County, Virginia By Woody Greenberg If you ask Cliff Wood, who was a county supervisor in August, 1969, what has stayed with him in the 40 years since Hurricane Camille devastated parts of Nelson County, he struggles to put it into words – but it is clear it is admiration and respect for the [...]