Published on: August 16, 2009 at 1:35 PM

THIS IS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT CAMILLE…SCROLL UP FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT GULF TROPICAL STORM – CLAUDETTE.

As the reconnaissance report came into the National Hurricane Center…the person taking down the information must have fainted.

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908mb was a record for Atlantic reconnaissance reports. It would be broken the next day.

Now, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center realized that they were dealing with an incredible storm.