Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Coast Damage Photos

[wxman57]

As many of you know, my mother lives on the Mississippi coast in a little town called Gautier, just west of Pascagoula and just east of Ocean Springs. I've made 3 trips to Mississippi since mid October to rebuild my mother's home. In mid October, my sister and I put up nearly 50 sheets of sheetrock. For Thanksgiving, we painted the entire inside of the house, and I cut, installed, and painted all baseboards. I also painted all the rest of the wood trim in the house.

For Christmas, my mother came to Houston to buy a car, as you just can't find a decent used (not flooded) car there. We got her a 2004 Dodge Neon still under warranty and drove back to Mississippi one last time to deliver the car and to set up their 2 computers (which I bought and configured for Christmas). Got their computers and a wireless network up and running this week. They have ordered their carpets and vinyl flooring and the house should be back together nearly as good as new in about 2 weeks.

On my trips to Mississippi, we went along the coast on Highway 90 to take pictures. The first set of pictures was taken on October 19th along Beach Street in Pascagoula and in Ocean Springs:

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaPascagoula

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaOceanSprings

By the time I returned to Mississippi after Christmas, Highway 90 between Biloxi and Pass Christian had opened and I took pictures from Biloxi heading west toward Pass Christian. I THINK I have the pictures in the proper folders. Believe me, it was hard to tell where one city stopped and the next one started. Total devastation all along highway 90 for blocks inland.

Looking out at the beach, it's just a sea of debris, still. You can see parts of trees and appliances sticking out of the water along the coast. No swimming along the beach for quite a whiles. Here are the pictures from Biloxi to Pass Christian. There are comments on some of them.

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaBiloxi

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaGulfport

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaLongBeach

http://myweb.cableone.net/nolasue/KatrinaPassChristian

[wxmann_91]

Thanks for sharing them wxman57.

[Bluefrog]

#12 and 18 are of my home I grew up in the Pascagoula set of photos.