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Face to Face with Hurricane Camille By Joseph P. Blank Some scientific knowledge about Hurricane a tropical storm in which winds attain speeds greater than 75 miles (121 kilometers) per hour. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the North Atlantic Ocean. Incipient hurricanes usually form over the tropical N Atlantic Ocean and mature as they drift westward. Hurricanes also occasionally form off the west coast of Mexico and move northeastward from that area. An average of 3.5 tropical storms per year eventually mature into hurricanes along the east coast of North America, usually over the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. Similar storms occurring over the West Pacific Ocean and China Seas are called typhoons and those over the Indian Ocean are called tropical cyclones. Hurricanes are given girls names and typhoons are given serial numbers. The National Weather Service of the United States has used girls names to identify hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico since 1953 and the names were given in alphabetical order. A semi-permanent list of 10 sets of names in alphabetical order was established in 1971. This practice of giving girls names to hurricanes changed recently. In 1980 a hurricane was given a mans name and was called Hurricane David. Hurricane season begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Hurricane Camille: The storm lashed Mississippi and Louisiana for two days, Aug. 17---18, in 1969. The death toll was 258. Text Analysis Words and expressions Paraphrase Translation Figure of speech Words and expressions pummel: to beat or hit with repeated blows. The Koshaks will have to put up with many onslaughts of the fierce storm. Gulfport: seaport in S. Miss., on the Gulf of Mexico Miss: abbreviation for Mississippi batten: to fasten canvas over the hatches of a ship, especially in preparing for a storm ride it out: to stay afloat during a storm without too much damage main: a principal pipe, conduit, or line in a di