Truly it is devasting. Apparently the bridge that I mentioned to Rose, that was damaged in Camille has been damaged again. All the bridges linking the three counties, Jackson, Harrison and Hancock have been damaged. Those bridges were linking Ocean Springs on the east all the way to Long Beach and Waveland on the west. I read that St. Thomas Church on Hwy 90 was destroyed. That was the new church built after it was destroyed in Camille.
This storm took almost the same path as Camille. Emergency folks have not been able to get to many areas of Bay St. Louis, to the west of Gulfport because of the damage. One group of Guardsmen went out late yesterday and found a house in the middle of the road, so they couldn't get any farther.
The blog mentioned that they're trying to get some aerial photos. I'm anxious to see them. My sisters live in Gautier, just west of Pascagoula, and I've heard nothing about that area, with the exception of the pictures of the flooding in P'goula that I saw yesterday. The Emergency Management folks in P'goula lost their roof in the middle of the storm and had to relocate to the Courthouse. In Biloxi, the back wall of the Emergency Mgt. building collapsed and folks had to swim out of it in life vests! The Mayor of Biloxi is calling it their tsunami, and I'm sure the effects were very similar.
I'd say this storm was worse than Andrew, sis.
Andrew had devastating winds, but very little water. He was a tornado storm.
Katrina brought tons of water. I cannot begin to imagine how many lives she took with her. :-(