Katrina's Impact on Mississippi Gulf Coast

[jesse_the_k]

Until we arrived I didn't understand that Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast even harder than New Orleans. As this Photos from Katrina¹ site illustrates in gory detail, huge portions of Ocean Springs, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian were flattened.

These towns are connected by US 90, aka Beach Boulevard. The casinos rebuilt, but the majority of the shorefront is now grass lots with flyspecked "for sale" signs.

This may have been one hinge point for the "two realities" issues the US is facing in news and politics. At the time, Mississippians felt abandoned. The national news was (if only briefly) packed with New Orleans stories, but the Gulf Coast experience wasn't told.

From the Biloxi TV station, here's a before-during-after trip down US 90. (No narration, just minor-key music.)

Watch on YouTube

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1. www.photosfromkatrina.com/ ↩︎

Comments

Let's hear it for good carpenters!

[jesse_the_k]

What I'm puzzled by is the willingness to rebuild after fierce storms at irregular yet frequent intervals.