At the time hurricane Camille was the second strongest storm to hit the United States with winds as high as 160 mph. It would remain the strongest hurricane at the time until Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida in 1992.
The credits for this episode features archival footage from Hurricane Camille and the aftermath in Mississippi.
In the teaser at the end of this episode (Hurricane) the Klan member initiating Sam states "by the powers vested in me as a Royal Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan..." but in the same scene at the start of the next episode (Justice), he states "by the powers vested in me as the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan..."
This episode takes place in Jackson Point, Mississippi from August 17 to August 18, 1969.
Mr. Deever and Ma Maw were married on August 17, 1908, only two weeks after they met.