[SuziQ]

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

Yep, they're much more prevalent there.

Along Hwy 90, from Biloxi through Gulfport, there were so many older homes that had been there for over 100 years. When the storm was over, there were only four houses along that stretch that were still standing, and even those were damaged. From looking at Googlemaps, the stretch from Bay St. Louis through Pass Christian and Waveland was wiped out at least two blocks inland. There was nothing but timber left.

[AnAmericanMother]

Yeah, my coworker was pretty upset. There was literally nothing left of their house, of course since it was on piers like so many pre-Civil War homes you couldn't even tell where it had been except for the driveway.

Our family church was hammered by a tornado back in the 80s. It was a historic church, so we had it rebuilt out of what was left . . . it was MUCH smaller when we got through but at least it's still there . . . in truncated form. We left all the brick piers to show the original extent of the structure.