A house in the street, corner of Kelly Avenue and 2nd Street, Gulfport.
The Gulfport Grand Casino astride Highway 90.
The Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi.
Hardy Court Cinema, Gulfport.
19th Avenue looking north. The two-story house was where I lived.
Notice my house with no roof, and the two vehicles washed up from who knows where?
Notice the piles of debris, the gashes on the tree trunk, and the white picket fence on the left. How ever did it survive?
Aerial view of my house after the storm.
My church, the First Baptist Church of Gulfport. Before the storm, the church’s portico had been supported by 40 foot, Corinthian columns, all of which were no where to be found after the storm.
The entire south wall of the sanctuary collapsed, and along with it, all six of the stained-glass windows where destroyed. If you look close, you can see the organ pipes dangling in the air.
A soggy Bible from the sanctuary. The scripture passage in the picture tells of Jesus’ crucifixion and death. A few pages over, that same Bible tells of His resurrection. Jesus rose from the dead, and in a figurative way, so will the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Two days before the storm, over 3000 people had walked along this debris-laden 19th Avenue for the American Heart walk.
A statue washed out of the Episcopal Church which was/is at the north end of 19th Avenue.
A house around the corner from mine.
20th Avenue looking north.
~ The Chimney’s Restaurant in Gulfport on Highway 90 ~ After Hurricane Katrina.
~ The Chimney’s Restaurant in Gulfport on Highway 90 ~ Before Hurricane Katrina.
The living room of Fred and Jennifer Signs ~ Notice the books still in place, and the ceramic plaque from Seaside, Florida still hanging by a simple ribbon on the side of the bookcase.
~ The Sign’s dining room ~ The china cabinet was the only piece of furniture in the entire house that remained upright. Notice the water in the goblets. The rising water rose slowly, filling the goblets with a murky, nasty sludge.
