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Camille was more powerful. The 1900 hurricane was a Category 4. It killed so many more people because there was less warning, and it hit a very densely populated barrier island (Galveston). Also, I don't know anyone who knows anyone personally who survived the 1900 hurricane, and very few who survived the 1935 Labor Day hurricane (Mom did, but she was quite young, and Sarasota was north of where the storm hit), but there are a lot of people around who survived Camille, or who know people who did, or who know people who died in Camille. In Florida, the second most mentioned horrible storm is Andrew, and I remember well the aftermath of Andrew.