OT: Hurricane Katrina

M-C · 2005-08-30T15:17:44+00:00

I am afraid that my attention has been on the TV the last few days. My husband was born and raised in Gulfport, MS. In fact we were married in my mother-in-laws back yard. Fortunately her mother was in NC when Katrina hit as I believe was his uncle and his family. However that means that we have no way of knowing how her house, where we spend every Christmas, has fared. It is within the heavily affected ares, but we won't know for a while how things turned out. We know that the area in Biloxi where his granfather built his home, which the family sold last year after Rick's grandfather passed, is in an area where everything was flattened. One of his former neighbors was on the news this morning saying that she could find no sign of her house, her car or the trees that were in her yard. NO TRACE! Unimaginable! We used to pick a different casino or hotel to stay in every Christmas, the Beau Rivage, The Grand where we spent our wedding night and spent Christmas a couple of years ago. The Beaurivage had water up into it's second floor from the storm surge. The first floor had ceilings that were at least 20 ft high! It's hard to believe! They say the storm surge was 32 ft high! They are saying that nothing really remains on the beach. I guess that means the Comfort Inn we stayed in last Christmas is gone too. I saw pictures of a home where my MIL's friend lived, I drove there with her once as she was droping something off, it looked like only the front porch columns were left. I am stunned and feel so very sad. I can't imagine how worried my MIL is about all her friends and about her home. We were on the phone last night trying to convince her not to try to go back right away. I hope that you will all consider the people in New Orleans (NO) where the water is rising and they don't seem to know why, those living in the little towns between NO and Gulfport that they haven't even been able to get to yet and those right along the coast all the way to Mobile. Keep...

Aug 30, 2005 22 Replies

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Deb in AR 21 years ago

Oh Melissa, I hope you hear from them soon. Your family is in my prayers. God has a way of putting things in our way to keep us safe, and thank goodness he kept Dane safe!

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Deb in AR 21 years ago

The news is saying it'll be weeks before the water is gone. What about how long before they'll let you MIL go in?

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M-C 21 years ago

She is from Gulfport, MS, not New Orleans. I am not sure when they will allow people to go back in. We are trying to convince her to stay away until we are sure that she will be safe. We still do not know if she has a home left to go back to.

M-C

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