My grandparents lived in Bay St Louis at the time. They evacuated at first towards my aunt in Tampa, then the hurricane turned so they went home, then it turned back and they said screw it and rode it out. I remember thumbing through an album that had their hurricane party pics in it. Total rager.
That eye video is still amongst the best ever.
Another thing I remember is this photo, which is one of the iconic hurricane pics of the 80's. I used to have a book with it on the cover.