Hurricane Katrina Part 3- post Katrina Mississippi

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This is the third part of my three part series of videos from the "Tracking the Hurricanes: 2005" DVD of hurricane Katrina. This video picks up 47 days after Katrina along the battered coast of Mississippi. We make our way to Waveland where my colleague and I were going to ride out Katrina in the "safety" of the fire department (make sure you watch parts one and two to understand the sequence of events). We interview fire chief David Garcia as we drive through an almost completely flattened Waveland. The video does not begin to convey the enormity of the devastation there. I end the Katrina section with a music tribute that I composed and performed myself just for the DVD. I think you will find it moving. You can learn more about our work at www.hurricanetrack.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hurricane
• katrina
• mississippi
• storm
• surge
• aftermath
• recovery
• waveland
• biloxi
• gulfport
• mike
• watkins
• mark
• sudduth

[chimayai]

A truly moving, exceptional and breathtaking documentary. I have no words for what i feel right now.

Thank you.

[hurricanetrack]

Well that is very kind. I appreciate it very much as do the other people involved in making the documentary. It means a lot to us that folks will sit down and watch our work- and that they take something away when finished. Awesome.

[55321murphy]

Would you go back and shoot some new video in 2010?

[hurricanetrack]

Yes, I am going back this summer to do a follow up. As I told the high school kid- "In 5 years, it will be like it never happened". We'll see about that. There are a lot of meanings to that beyond the obvious.

[hurricanetrack]

I can second that. I love going back to MS and LA. The people have been most excellent despite all that happened.

[christiandrumr80]

@christiandrumr80 I understand that New Orleans suffered greatly with levee's breaking. But thats about all that was ever reported on. I have now moved north and a few states away. If I mention Katrina, people think New Orleans. When I say no, I was from south MS, most say something along the lines of "how was South MS affected by Katrina?" or "your levees didnt hold either?" Even WLOX the local tv station spent little time covering waveland & bay st.louis. thanks for this superior documentary.

[christiandrumr80]

Thank you for doing this documentary. Words cannot express how grateful I am that someone cared enough to cover the devastated areas in detail and care; especially Waveland and Bay St. Louis, MS. In 10:21 of this video was my parents house and the house I grew up in. I didn't live far from my parents and lost everything as well.

[kmb9624]

Wow! When Mother Nature says: "get out of my way," she won't ever have to tell me twice. My heart goes out to all those who survived and to those who didn't survive this powerful storm.

[anneortiz59]

I thank you so very much, your videos are awesome and for the first time it made me cry to see all the devestation, because before there was no time, just picking up pieces and moving on the best we could! I live in Waveland and David Garcia is my neighbor, and is also now the mayor of Waveland!

[SirChocolateHobo]

Cool stuff, but why you gotta be so emo?

[mamacornettesmoney]

@Tyallah1 ? No, MS got it MUCH worse than NOLA did. NOLA's problems were the Levees failing and the after math. The storm itself hit MS much worse than NOLA. Rita hit Southwestern LA much worse than Katrina did SE Louisiana too. In fact. RITA, not Katrina, Is the worse storm the US has seen in many decades.

[RoseKatie123]

My brother and sister In law was in that, but the house didn't get knocked over:DDDD

[fabulous1233]

I remember the first time I went to Waveland only 2 weeks after Katrina hit..I was completely shocked. All the beautiful beach front homes were just Gone. Nothing Left! Katrina impacted the Mississippi Coast so much.

[fabulous1233]

I remember the first time I went to Waveland only 2 weeks after Katrina hit..I was completely shocked. All the beautiful beach front homes were just Gone. Nothing Left! Katrina impacted the Mississippi Coast so much. Its definitely not completely back the way it was before the storm but It will be one day...

[svhwdwnut]

@MomfromTN