[SuziQ]

I just went to the Frank Lloyd Wright entry on Wikipedia, and it showed two homes in Ocean Springs. One was completeley destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, and the other, which was next door was gutted. Both were hit by a 30' storm surge.

My older sister lives in Ocean Springs so I'll ask her where in town they were located. She lost her home in the storm, too, though their's was not an old wooden structure; it was a concrete block bungalow sitting on a concrete slab. Both their house and their neighbors' were 15' above sea level, but her neighbor's was sitting on top of 10' pilings. Since his first floor was also gutted, they guessed the wave must have been at least 30 - 35' high.

[AnAmericanMother]

My recollection is that this was inland, because the house was sited in a wooded area . . . I will look in my Fine Homebuilding index and see if I can find it!

It was not one of his massive Prairie Style homes - I think both the houses in Ocean Springs were early 1900s - this was one of his late designs, very angular, flat roof, tall narrow windows, etc.

[AnAmericanMother]

That's rough about your sister losing her home. My daughter's best friend's family lost their home near Slidell LA, and one of my coworkers lost HIS family home in Pass Christian. Both were old houses that had been there since around the Civil War and had survived numerous hurricanes, but this one was too much for them.

My people are all from northern Alabama -- we lose homes in tornados instead.