Articles From July/August 1994

The storm inundated Nelson County with some 630 million tons of water over August 19-20, 1969.

The Storm That Swallowed a County

In late August, 1969, Hurricane Camille produced a once-in-10,000-years inland storm with the strength of a 40,000-megaton nuclear bomb that nearly destroyed Nelson County, Va.

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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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