 Hurricane Katrina Damage in Mississippi Photos taken 2 Weeks later- September 17, 2005 and 2 Years later-August 2-5, 2007 My mother lived in Arbor Station Apartments in Long Beach. Her building was destroyed, nothing left. Photos here will show that. We did not find much when we went to visit. My sister lived on the Seabee Naval Base. Her home had minor wind damage, but she was forced to leave the home by the Navy. My mother has relocated to another state. Sister and family are back in Gulfport at the Seabee base.I'm not sure we will ever get back, which truly saddens me. I hadn't spent much time there, on the coast, since my brother-in-law had only been stationed there about a year and a half ago, but it had grown on me. I loved the history, as I do with any place. It has taken me a few months to get over the shock of seeing what I saw when we went down there within weeks of the storm. Words cannot describe the devestation there. From what I have seen of New Orleans, it doesn't even compare to the destruction along the coast of Mississippi. When we went to the Mississippi coast(2 weeks after the storm), there were roadblocks everywhere. We could only get to certain areas. I do look forward to returning, but I have no idea when it will be. It could be years. Linked here are photos from my trip on September 17, 2005. You can choose from this list, or start at the first one and follow an alphabetical tour of towns. Also linked only here are photos from around the Arbor Station Apartments, where my mom lived. UPDATE: I have returned. It did take years. Two years. It made me very sad to see the Mississippi coast has not changed much in 2 years. There is not a single gas station along Hwy 90 from Biloxi to Pass Christian. I'd estimate 90% of beach front property is now just empty lots. A few homes here and there have been rebuilt. Huge condos are going up in many places. I saw one single open souvenir shop on the coast. I am changing these pages to reflect, "Before"(if I have a photo of it), "2 Weeks Later" and "2 Years Later". I also managed to make a trip to New Orleans, where I saw nowhere near the type of destruction that was inflicted upon Mississippi. Some flooded homes do not equal an entire town almost completely vanishing. I'm sick and tired of hearing how Katrina hit New Orleans. It did not. Take a look at these photos and tell me who got hit. By the way, the pages with new photos added are marked as  . All pages have updated information for 2 years later. |
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Camille Memorial/Church of the Redeemer ...Before...2 Years Later St Michaels Church ......2 Years Later War Memorial Bridge ......2 Years Later Highway 90 bridge to Ocean Springs ......2 Years Later Edgewater Strip Mall ...2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Edgewater Strip Mall ...2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later McDonalds at Edgewater Mall ...2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Highway 90 ......2 Weeks Later Highway 90 ......2 Weeks Later Presidents Casino ......2 Weeks Later Treasure Bay Casino...Before...2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Gators Souvenir Shop ...Before...2 Years Later Sharkheads Souvenir Shop ...Before...2 Years Later Confederate Cemetery ...2 Weeks Later Beauvoir, Home of Jefferson Davis ......2 Years Later |
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Boat in a yard ......2 Weeks Later Trailers a mile from port ......2 Weeks Later Trailer and debris ......2 Weeks Later Trailer damage ......2 Weeks Later Trailers on Broad Ave ......2 Weeks Later Broad Ave at Hwy 90 ......2 Weeks Later Broad Ave at Hwy 90, looking east ......2 Weeks Later Waffle House ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later The beach ......2 Weeks Later Apartments ......2 Weeks Later Other side of apartments ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Damage ......2 Weeks Later Gutted home ......2 Weeks Later Another gutted home ......2 Weeks Later USS Hurricane Camille ......2 Years Later |
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Long Beach will come back ......2 Weeks Later Sonic ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Old bank building ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Something Old ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Totalled car ......2 Weeks Later Near Hwy 90 ......2 Weeks Later Rite Aid and Church ......2 Weeks Later Bank vault ......2 Weeks Later Taco Bell ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later A home is gone ......2 Weeks Later The pink house is gone ......2 Weeks Later Another home gone ......2 Weeks Later Another home ......2 Weeks Later Another home ......2 Weeks Later Boggdale ......2 Weeks Later The gray house gone ......2 Weeks Later Beachwalk subdivision ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Sea Oaks subdivision ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later |
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Wal Mart ......2 Weeks Later...2 Years Later Apartments ......2 Weeks Later Damaged home ......2 Weeks Later The huge house, gone ......2 Weeks Later Cat Island historical marker ......2 Weeks Later Trinity Church ......2 Years Later The Castle house ......2 Years Later |
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Hancock County Courthouse ......2 Years Later Firedogs Saloon ......2 Years Later |
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Waveland City Hall ......2 Years Later Waveland Methodist Church ......2 Years Later |
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Front gate Front section damage Rusted coffin Damaged crypts Looking from Hwy 90 Broken tombstones More damage More damage |
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all have before and after photos Live Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian Front gate Samuel McCutchon family tomb McCutchon, Butler family graves McCutchon family graves Monroe family plot Montgomery family plot Butler family plot Leonard Matthews monument Michael Cuddy monument Heaslip monument Maloney family plot |
 A sign seen near Edgewater Mall 8.4.07 |
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 A sign seen in Waveland 8.4.07 |
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