I've been in lots of hurricanes, too, although I haven't lost personal possesions in any since Hurricane Betsy. That time, family photos were still hanging on the walls----but they were blank, the pics had washed off-----and the walls were two blocks from where they'd been before. Not one of my childhood books survived. They'd all been submerged, the cardboard covers were swollen and ragged, the pages were stuck together, entire books were black with mildew.
They weren't in pieces, I'll give you that! But they didn't have anything near a 90% angle edge like we see in the photo.
In the area we are discussing, water was covering at least deep enough to submerge a four wheeler for several weeks. Then, when the water subsided, it was back to exposure to heat and humidity, animals and all the ramifications of an outdoor swampy environment......It's possible that this book escaped without mildew, mold, swelling, etc. But it's not probable.
I know it seems unlikely, but yet there is definitely something there. And I am pretty confident I see a photo tucked underneath it. I noticed that the area where the tent is (and where the actual bag and body were found) was angled down in an area lower than where the books and other debris was found. It seems like it was in an area that was lower than the front tree line. So perhaps the area where the "book" was found was not submerged - just subject to rain. I know I am grasping at straws here...it could be nothing. :crazy: But I swear I see a photo or picture...so if that survived....why not a book?