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Floods, tornadoes and jellyfish in Mississippi's Gulfport

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GULFPORT, Miss. — As Katrina pounded this coastal community with winds exceeding 100 mph this morning, police Lt. Mike Shaw answered one last rescue call.

"Old oaks are down on the beachfront, water is up to the second story of some of the motels,'' he recalled. "Signs are down. Power lines are down. Roofs are off.''

A tornado also struck an apartment with 10 people inside, he said, but no one was injured. There also was a report of a family stranded when their roof collapsed on them.

2,894 posted on 08/29/2005 9:49:27 AM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)

2,902 posted on 08/29/2005 9:50:28 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)

I'm wondering how Natchez, MS is doing. Hope all of those beautiful antebellum homes are okay.

I was thinking of going to the pilgrimage there in the spring.

2,944 posted on 08/29/2005 9:57:59 AM PDT by Cedar

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