Listmembers:
As I have had several requests for information pertaining to various
historical locations in the Biloxi area I am sending this to the list that I
obtained from the Biloxi newspaper on the destruction assessed at this
point. For further information, listmembers may wish to visit this website:
www.newsvoyager.com <
http://www.newsvoyager.com/>
This has links to every state and the newspapers available in those areas.
Overall: More than 841,000 still without power; power restored to almost
25,000 customers . . . Highway 90 buried under inches - or feet - of sand .
. . communications down, transportation systems demolished . . . medical
services crippled. . . High-water marks set by Camille shattered.
Bay St. Louis: A rusty patchwork quilt of foundations, scraped clean of
their houses, all that's left of choice homes, prized for their water views
. . . Bridge connection to Biloxi demolished.
Biloxi: Water lines ruptured; municipal water may be on soon, but is
probably contaminated. . . Pass Road open . . . Legacy Towers condos
survive. . . Ryans, Red Lobster, Olive Garden washed away along U.S. 90. . .
Lighthouse still standing. Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge gone. Bottom floor of
the library and the home of Jefferson Davis home, Beauvoir destroyed. . . .
Sharkshead Souvenir City gone. . . Edgewater Village strip shopping center
gutted . . . Also gone: the steeple of historic Hansboro Presbyterian
Church; Waters Edge II apartments; Diamondhead Yacht Club, the old neon
McDonald's sign on Pass Road . . . Massive damage in east end of city. . .
almost total devastation primarily south of the railroad tracks near Lee
Street, Point Cadet and Casino Row. . . Beau Rivage still stands. . . Hard
Rock Casino, scheduled to open in early September, suffered 50 percent
damages. The signature guitar, said to be the world's largest, still stands.
. . At least five casinos out of commission. . . St. Thomas the Apostlic
Catholic Church, which sits on U.S. 90, is gone.
D'Iberville: Tons of shrimp and frozen chicken went into the water, likely
causing contamination of water supplies . . . New addition to Tabernacle
Missionary Baptist Church of D'Iberville destroyed; damage to sanctuary. . .
Structural damage to D'Iberville High School.
Gulfport: Milner Football Stadium still standing; light poles sawed in half;
pressbox roof blown off . . . Bayou Oaks houses burned down. . . Pass Road
open; people can leave and enter Gulfport on U.S. 49 . . . Dolphins, sea
lions from Marine Life Park moved to facilities in Florida . . . Bay Ice
Company demolished. . . Gulf Coast Medical Center lost power and evacuated
patients to Alabama hospitals . . . Miss. State Port lost its lifting
facilities and cranes. . . Historical Grass Lawn building destroyed. . . Fun
Time USA left with only bumper boats, pool and go-cart track . . . Numerous
businesses and homes on Pass Road damaged or destroyed. . . Dozens of homes
missing on Beach Boulevard. . . Fire chief estimates 75 percent of buildings
have major roof damage, "if they have a roof left at all" . . . the storm
surge crossed the CSX railroad tracks. . . Heavy damage to Memorial Hospital
. . . First floor of the Armed Forces Retirement Home flooded . . . 3 of 4
walls have collapsed at Harrison Central 9th Grade School in North Gulfport.
. . At least three firehouses have taken significant damage . . .
Hancock County: Emergency Operations Center swamped . . . back of the county
courthouse gave way . . .
Harrison County: Old courthouse building destroyed. Unconfirmed reports of
up to 80 fatalities. . . Damage to virtually all shelters . . . Lyman
Elementary lost two buildings. People were moved to another building on
campus safely. . . Woolmarket Elementary lost its roof . . . West Wortham
Elementary has signficant roof damage.
Hattiesburg: A number of businesses and homes damaged in the area. . . U.S.
49 and Highway 11 shut down. . . Wind speeds of 95 mph.
Jackson County: Open Springs Hospital remained open for emergency treatment
. . . Roof peeling off Emergency Operations Center.
Long Beach: Most buildings within 200 yards of U.S. 90 disappeared . . .
Stately homes and apartment complexes that lined the shore are gone . . .
First Baptist Church is leveled.
Moss Point: Floodwater surrounded two hotels full of guests . . . Much of
downtown destroyed . . . Twenty feet of water flooded most of the city.
Pascagoula: Six blocks of Market Street destroyed . . . The Jackson County
Emergency Management Agency had to relocate to the courthouse after the roof
came off their building downtown. . . The roof also came off the gym at St.
Martin High School. . . Reports of flooding in the Chipley area.
Pass Christian: Penthouse Garden apartments on 2nd Street burned . . .
Bridge to Bay St. Louis destroyed, along with several other bridges . . .
Harbor and beachfront community gone. . . In eastern part of city, water
rose to more than 20 feet above ground level . . . Flooding on Beatline Road
at the 90-degree turn. . . . House in the middle of the road on Second
Street.
Waveland: State officials say it took a harder hit from the wind and water
than any other town along the coast. . . . Nearly every home and business
within a half mile of the beach dragged away.
Debbie
www.sweetowen.net
If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and
all generations of your ancestors. All
of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the
continuation.