Hurricane Katrina DURING the storm Biloxi, Ms.

[JHAYTOT1]

When this happened I Was between The Northwest Quadrant and the Northeast Quadrant But we were'nt at the center of the eye we were likely about 5-10 km from New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina striked us

[turtleheninny]

I travelled with a group to Biloxi to work on homes and will never forget the enormous amount of devastation all along the coast. I dont' think it's right though, to say the rest of the nation didn't care. When I was there the entire area was peppered with groups like mine pitching it. The volunteer sector did far far more than our Government.

[deadkandance]

It bothered me too how so much of the news coverage was about New Orleans, when Mississippi was hit so hard. Alabama was too, especially down in Bayou La Batre and along Mobile Bay (I'd say at least a dozen houses in my neighborhood were destroyed). And you never hear about the damage Alabama took.

[andrewhurricane]

I took a drive to Pascagoula just a few weeks after katrina, my aunts house was literally gone. I remember seeing picture frames from the house, buried beneath debris from other houses. The trees didn't have leaves anymore, the place looked like a nuclear explosion took place

[lazyhorse22]

I lived right across from casino magic. We went to a shelter in d' iberville. Our house washed away. What a sad memory. Words cannot descripes what biloxian went throught.

[bradbfunk]

im too the idiot who stayed 

[Buddykeaton]

Do you know if most insurance companies paid for the damage to the homes in this area? I certainly hope so. My heart goes out to you.

[ma6743]

It was really amazing to me how Mississippi bore the brunt of the storm and how this country didn't seem to give a shit. Thus country owes ms. a big fat apology for being so uncaring.

[ma6743]

It was really amazing to me how Mississippi bore the brunt of the storm and how this country didn't seem to give a shit. From what I understand there are large parts of the ms. gulf coast that still look like Katrina had hit yesterday even though it has been a few years. This country owes ms. a big apology for negligance

[ma6743]

It was really amazing to me how Mississippi bore the brunt of the storm and how this country didn't seem to give a shit. From what I understand there are large parts of the ms. gulf coast that still look like Katrina had hit yesterday even though it has been a few years. This country owes ms. a big apology for negligence.

[jjhawksjj]

Shocking to see that much water within the neighborhood and all of the damage caused. The fact that this area didn't get hardly any publicity regarding the devestation is equally shocking. Would love to know now that 4 1/2 years have passed if things are re-built around this area and if things are getting back to "normal".

[elusivemusic]

that looks intense. good footage! "come everyone splash their feet"... to.... "it's gone arse up mate. it's gone arse up in a big way"

[greg8up]

ummm actually it was august and not september hence the 9-25-05 its 08-25-05

[FullmetalninjaDR]

Man katrina sucked...I stayed in my house for it that...sucked balls

[EdM021]

Hurricane Katrina was an unnatural disaster for MS as well as for LA and I aint talking global warming. It's simply this: the waters seeking to cross the Mississippi River wer blocked by 17-foot tall levees. The waters had nowhere to go except N.O. and the Gulf Coast...

[FearlessFrank77]

The water wasn't blocked in New Orleans, it was channeled and found the path of least resistance...and for MS, that is what happens when a hurricane makes landfall....if you live on a beach you have to expect some sort of tidal surge. Florida, Texas, and Alabama all get tidal surge from hurricanes, it all depends on the intensity of the storm.

[MarineRecon4]

I live in long beach ms.

[amywasil]

I embed this video in my blog but, I give you credit for it. Thanks for this at least people will know that Mississippi is badly hit too. The house of my father-in-law was gone too. He lives in Ocean Springs, MS.

[amywasil]

Hello I embed this in my blog, I mentioned your name in there. My Father-in-law lives in Ocean Springs and lost everything too.

[elekktrode]

I had no idea the water got so high in Biloxi. I'm so sorry you lost everything. Was that from a levy break? Or rain? Or storm surge? Thank the good Lord yall are ok

[tankgirl9176]

Storm surge mostly, and rain. The Mississippi Gulf Coast is on much higher ground than New Orleans. New Orleans is actually under sea level and the Coast is above it.

[gptboy112]

well its has almost been four years and some buildings arent even touched and i live by the backbay by walmart sucks i swear

[ThurrsOnly1Jawwshie]

the backbay by wal mart? which wal mart? d iberville?

[lusciousdeath]

did the dogs make it?

[maccKaron]

I can destroy all tornados and hurricanes...

and want to make my discovering in practice...

[spikonaleash]

where exactly was thi cuz those houses look familiar

[tndt123]

The house was in the North Haven sub-division

[destinjedi]

my god, that sucks...

[southernfratdude]

I am so sorry about this....Thank god you are okay though.

[PrinceDimeXI]

damn i didnt know about this until i seen the POEM on Def poetry by DAVID BANNER.. damn the media IS REALLY FUCKED UP

[dishnme2]

that made me cry....

[kwgrid]

Did the dogs make it?????

[ktballerina]

i am so sorry, this made me cry...

i lost my house that was located in new orleans during katrina. i'm so glad that you all are safe!

[aw4au12]

Is that the storm surge or did the rain cause the flooding?

[patrickgold]

All storm surge

[dobpincher]

i dont see how people can leave thier dogs behind there flesh and blood like we are the feel pain, hunger, fear, like we do they would give thier life to protect us , some people dont deserve animals .

[lusciousdeath]

none of the hurricane shelters would allow people to bring their pets. One of my friends lost her much beloved cat. I'm sorry for her and the cat, but if she had stayed, she would be dead too. her house was completely destroyed and she's disabled. That is a very cruel thing for you to say. You don't deserve life for saying it.

[Nikali3990]

As crazy as it seems....everybody has this humor during the storm and after....

Maybe what is the little thing that kinda gets us excited about these storms...

Its just the aftermath that makes these storms hell...

Im from gulfport mississippi for anyone wondering

[georgetime]

My PD came to assist in Gulfport during the aftermath, I am a FIRM believer in gettin the FUNK OUTTA DODGE...

[3742baca]

Im in Biloxi as well....WOW...great video. Glad you are all ok. Where was this house located???

[serialmom63]

yup, the idiots that stayed.

[serialmom63]

yup, the idiots that stayed

[fightforalife]

that was my moms 35th bday. wat a sucky day...

[Familyguy098]

hey did the dogs live?

[aquariusmetal]

just watched the video i stayed myself along with my wife and inlaws .my apt was destroyed on hudson krohn .we were able to get out and about 2 days after and everywhere i looked was just gone .but things are better now and i hope everyone who was involved is doing ok .was my first hurricane living on the coast .and i still am speechless to this day .

[seadog1988]

that thing did some dame here in pensacola to it flooded houses that juist got rebuilt after Ivan

[luvmy2gals]

What happened to the dogs in the tree?

[rolltidemobile]

37 foot surge at landfall.. Camille was a wimp compared to Katrina!

[leesuh06]

you weren't the only "idiots that stayed". who knew it was going to get that bad. we live about a mile off the beach in pascagoula so i can completely relate. not to mention it was my birthday.

[ZlG565]

my grandma was in missippi and she said when katrina was over her house was still there but the fridge was on the counter.

[jessica39574]

omg i remember. we were some of the idiots who stayed too. we were doing the same thing just hanging out playing cards laughing, then it started getting scary....bad storm, it was no joke. which news anchor was it?...abernathy maybe?..she had to float out in her jacuzzi tub.

[almostsk8ter12]

that hurricane SUCKED BALLS!!! we were hit in mobile and our house got destroyed but whats worse is that you werent alowed to leave like after a certan time

[tranurse]

i think the problem with nola was this. people who could afford to leave, did so. those who couldn't, or didn't know how, or didn't understand how, were left. and people in charge, left. mississippi was equally or more so damaged, but fema and other emergency services, were there w/in hours. it took five days for emergency services to get to nola. in that time, people who had survived the storm died. and i don't know the reason, nor do i discount anyone's suffering. but la was forgotten

[ericrichard7]

Shit... Motherfucker. Look at all that damn flood.

[redprojet]

you cant really compare new orleans and the mississippi gulf coast.i have family all over new orleans and on the gulf coast.mississippi got the worst damage but the water sat in new orleans for weeks and people were trapped on roofs not able to escape.but the gulf coast did get the worst of the storm surge

[CONTACTCARET]

...and they are stil complaining in New Orleans. We got the worst part of it. It rages me everytime when I have listened to the news about New Orleans and all of the press they recieved in comparison. It seems as if some in these United States treats Mississippi as the armpit of the nation. Mississippi is or should be the shining example to the world. WE are survivors who stand proud to be Mississippians.

[biloxihardrockr]

got that right

[pdd912]

Agree entirely!!! My family and I have been saying this from the beginning. The Coast of MS was flattened, like a bomb had detonated. Entire towns were wiped out. But all you ever hear about is N.O. and how Katrina did all this damage to it. Katrina did not do the damage to N.O. The levy break and subsequent flooding did.  The problem with the levies was well-known and widely discussed well before the hurricane. I learned about it in school. That was a man-made problem.

[eglacia]

@CONTACTCARET i agree... i'm here in gulfport..you don't hear about how whole families was found dead and still holding on to each other...they skipped all over us like we didn't exist

[terry1919]

I was in Birmingham Al when Katrina struck...

we were lucky....

[serpiusgirl]

the date should of been 8-29-05,not 9-29-05

[puppylover12488]

omg that is scary i wish in perth they had a hurricane beacuse it will be a laugh out.

[Mississippienne]

I live in Gulfport. I was crazy lucky, I flew out of New Orleans about a week before Katrina hit and escaped the devastation. When I moved to the MS Gulf Coast in summer 2006, it was just unreal... skeletons of homes and apartment buildings, people camping on the beaches, even HUNKS OF CONCRETE ripped out of the streets. A lot has been built and cleaned up since then. It's such a beautiful city. I can look out my window and see palm trees and 200-year-old oaks, and walk to the beach.

[SonicGeneration]

Hurricane gutav will change that, bye bye new orleans

[kryptonitebullet179]

Jerkoff

[dsmcclellan]

I know this pain. Ocean Springs MS....and yeah, it was this bad. Sad to see that people in New Orleans are STILL complaining about how nothing is being done. MS has gotten up and gotten it together. :) Proud to say that.

[brittneyviolet]

I live in Bay St. Louis. Thank Gosh there is a video to prove that New Orleans wasn't the only place to get hit by Katrina. It seems like news & journalism forgot there was a mississippi gulf coast. suprisingly we were forgotten. ironically n.o. wouldn't have had any damage had the levi's not broken. we got the worst of it. and it wasn't even at our own error that we got it. however new orleans officials decided to build levis to withstand category 3. thats their iggnorance yet they got attn.

[yourtubeyourass21]

Do some research on haarp. some say it can be suggested that this disaster came from non other then haarp. Controls weather,etc,etc. Do some research on HAARP. Youtube haarp.

Also youtube: phil schneider,william cooper,alex collier,david sereda,hutchison effect,robert o. dean,martial law,fema camps,underground bases,underwater bases,Al Bielek,etc,etc

The truth is out there. Do some serious diggin'(HARD RESEARCH) on whats going on.

check under my favorites,as its in there.

god bless to all.

[explodnation]

I just finished came back from rebuilding houses in biloxi and even 2.5 years after the storm, people are still living in traliors next to broken houses. So much more work needs to be done.

[bddfc67]

First time I watched this video... wow. I used to live in the Sunkist area, where was this?

[RetrogradeInversions]

Anyone know how far inland this is?

[tndt123]

The dogs that were let loose were too big to get up on the roof. Steve (our next door neighbor)let them fen for themselves and they both made it through. He took two other dogs with him on the roof. We tore down the house and after 23 months in our own trailer, moved back into our new home on the same location,in May.

[tndt123]

I am the "idiot" that stayed, We NEVER expected our neighborhood to flood nor have wind damage. We made it through Camille and more recently Georges with very little damage and no flooding. The Back Bay was considered safe and it is where all the casinos were supposed to go in the event of a hurricane.

[PerfectBallerina]

? I haven't watched it all, but they didn't bring their dog in? :(

Yeah, New Orleans got all the attention because there was so much drama there. Biloxi got it baddd, and no one was in any shape to cause drama, so we didn't make TV as much. Grrsh.

[kyo221]

why didnt u bring the dog in u assholes no living thingon earth has to go through that

[surfpipe]

You are the asshole. YOu have no idea of what you're talking about. What an idiot.

[kyo221]

how te hell r they there

[BenMarbleMD]

Well I wasn't there i.e. I lived one block off of the beach 2nd Street in Gulfport, Ms. so we knew our area was going to get wiped out and we packed up what we could and drove all night winding up in Georgia. Obviously these people didn't leave. I believe that particular neighborhood is in Biloxi in an area that hadn't flooded much in the past. As for who left the dog, I don't know them.

[theRAGINFmoviecritic]

@BenMarbleMD

it's sad the grand casino fell

[mizannabelle]

What about the Dogs, and Steve? Did they make it????

[BenMarbleMD]

they both survived and are doing well last I talked to Steve.

[vitruvian8807]

wow, i feel for you, i went there two weeks after Katrina hit to Waveland Mississippi and it was much worse than i imagined. the stench of death, houses completely gone, there was no word for it.

[treemaster7]

I knew Biloxi was in trouble at 4 A.M. Everyone on tv was saying it was hitting Plaquemines Parish then going north to Biloxi.

[Biloxi13]

Wow, this video was sad, but incredible. It was super brave for them to stay behind and shoot this. Good luck to that family.

[toptth]

No! Not all these beautiful southern houses! NO!

[tonado64]

tout moun nan dlo

[tonado64]

This is very sad

[poopdog9111]

you can see the van in the first parts driveing along then at the end its on the grass all fucked up

[CanadianPeamealBacon]

Wow you guys, that was incredibly scary to watch so I can't imagine how frightened you were during the storm. Excellent but sad video footage. Thanks for sharing with us. Peace.

[bizainc]

good luck to every survivor out there. i was in gulfport...and i still feel like i'm battling that storm

[WindsofMercy]

Did the dogs survive??

[hardincountytigers]

I stayed too! Props on the vid! I miss it in OS :(

[pfiemadoh94ownsu]

hurricane katrina was the best thing ever to happen to us :)

[lindeezz]

I'm curious to know; why do you say that?

[laughingHawk]

i hope that poor dog survived

[xcoolxwhipx]

OMG! It this was awesome!

[CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

Some of the best surge video I've seen.

Our government really let the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and southeastern Louisiana down. I've been by that area twice since Hurricane Katrina and it's STILL a mess, two years later.

[PokerOnTour]

The home video of this storm is amazing. The personal footage of families on YouTube is awesome and better than the mainstream reporters in thier hotel room downtown Mobile and New Orleans with their dry rain coats on 2 days in adavance. Good footage, I'm surprised the idiots at RealTV or other shock show program are not trying to buy this from you. Weather Channel - you suck. This is the real deal.

[imhungray]

sorry what you had to go through

i had to go through the same thing "/

this wednesday

2 years

[bummyjab]

Just thank God you didn't lose your life. And if your atheist just thank life and count yourselves lucky. Peace and God bless.

[IMRICHBIATCH2]

My House was destroyed in Katrina and we lost our Casinos. Life sucks and then you die.

[Chewsett]

cool video...lucky I didn't stay like you, I would have sililiar story...try latimer next time, or anything north of I 10 I got to play in it

[MysticalLibra]

OMG, that is amazing video!

[sweetestsin1130]

thank you.... finally someone else who wants to notice biloxi in the hurricane.... i was stuck there as well.. it was crazy, scarey and sad

[Swimdeep]

Thanks for posting this Ben. We've recently PCS'ed to Keesler AFB (hospital) which is still in pretty crappy shape. I did a CCATT mission after Katrina to evacuate the ICU and now live here. Glad you told the VP what I couldn't. Take care. -A fellow physician

[silentslumbers]

I would have thought the last place you wanted to be was on the roof, but then again maybe it was the safest. Hey was Steve and his Dog ok?

**HUGS**

with love from Ontario, Canada

[southernfratdude]

wow this just blew me away! i cannot imagine the gut-wrenching feelings of the water rising and rising! Horrific!

[ExtremeStorms]

Next time leave -- so you don't risk others lives. I make a living form taking pictures of idiots like you.

[Pyrotech56]

I agree with Extreme Storms. People who chose to stay made an incredibly foolish and selfish decision. They end up risking not only their own lives, but the lives of others, too. Use common sense, people. When the train is coming, don't stay on the tracks!

[lusciousdeath]

You make a living off of people's tragedies, then you call us idiots..nice

[BenMarbleMD]

um I have no idea who you are and I haven't called anyone on here an idiot so I'm sure what you are talking about. The lady does say 'we are the idiots that stay' i.e. she call herself an idiot but other than that I have no idea what you mean

[lusciousdeath]

I' sorry Dr Marble, I wasn't replying to you, I was replying to Extreme Storms. I was disgusted by the fact that he called people idiots for staying. I don't know about you, but at least some of us thought it wouldn't be this bad..remember the other hurricane we were supposed to get that the weatherman and media made such a big deal of but never came?

[pattonwebb]

8/29/05***

[file83]

Very interesting video. They are lucky to have lived.

[vickip01]

This is odd...considering IM in it. Wish I would have known I was being documented in such a way. THAT open liner isn't for ANYONE to "understand"...it's just the way it was. AND THANK HEAVENS we WERE together having our so called "hurricane party", because I dont think it would have turned out any better if we hadnt been!

[thanhle]

did the dog died?

[BenMarbleMD]

ask Vickip01

[cmbearor]

@thanhle our dogs and my husband Steve survived...worse for the wear, but alive.

[CanadianPeamealBacon]

Wow....that was incredible video. You must have been so scared!!! I'm so sorry for your loss...even though it's almost 2 yrs later, I haven't forgotten what you all suffered in the South. God Bless....

[artmaven]

Yeah, seems goofy at 1st but seems like a combo of keeping a good disposition in a stressful situation & laughing that happens when folks are scared. Under the eves, you can tell how frightening it was for them. I'm sure they know it was dumb to stay. The devastation seen at end is the kicker, esp when the lady says everyone lost everything. Probably hadn't even really sunk in yet. Thank God they still had their lives. So many weren't so lucky, bless their souls.

[oberon444]

Not to offend and I'm sorry if it comes across that way - but it probably had something to do with the open liner about being the ones to stay behind - to me, as a viewer and fellow victim of the storm it just looked like a hurricane party - thats all. Guess it's just a touchy subject for us all. Peace to you.

[oberon444]

Laughing and acting like teenagers - DOCUMENTED IT TOO!

[BenMarbleMD]

um I'm not sure what you are talkinga bout?

[midsouthreb]

Awesome video sorry for your loss. I have family on the coast. My wives uncle lost everything in Bay St. Louis. My brother in law and his wife lost everything in Gulfport. To make matters worse My Uncle and Aunt as well as my cousins got hit by Hurricane Rita in Bridge City Texas just a short time afterwards.