Before & After Katrina - Biloxi, MS

Ever since Katrina the media focus has been the 9th Ward of New Orleans. It seems that the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been forgotten. Here is a slide show of some pictures I took in my home town in 1994 and again in 2007

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Katrina
• Hurricane
• Biloxi
• Gulf
• Coast
• Mississippi
• Damage
• Destruction

[esmidnight79]

what was the mausoleums name ..... i didnt know they couldnt find the bodies .. a bit scary !!!

[cheekdog]

it is the one on highway 90 near where the broadwater was. my grandparents are buried there (not in the mausoleum).

[gulfwinds94]

none of us from Biloxi could ever see this without being overcome with emotions and memories of places that are gone and altered forever. Very touching, ty. :)

[legomaster335]

the only good part is that the school is gone.

[222delta1]

my dad layed the brick on the church of the redeemer after Katrina.

sad seeing everything gone.

after being through Katrina i never seen a hurricane as strong.

my dad says to me that if the storm would have came 10 miles over we might be dead.

[sandpaw4b]

SO SAD

[filmtrax242]

I was an airbrush artist in Biloxi in the early 90's. I worked at T-shirt City-Souvenir City- and Lighthouse Gift Shop. It's truly sad to see everything gone. I hope all of my old friends made it out safely..... may this never happen again.

[spikonaleash]

i used to go to the private school right behind the lighthouse , memories........ i lived on seal ave.

[temoc76]

Many of the bodies were dust and bones, so it would be difficult to identify them. I jog by there alot, but I don't know the name. Biloxi is NOT what it used to be.

[spyroterra]

I am from Indiana and I just drove Hwy 90 to New Orleans in August 2009. I could tell that Biloxi had sustained a lot of damage, even without anything to compare it to and I was surprised that so many places are still not rebuilt or demolished. I have to say I am surprised that the media did not cover this area more. Your city is beautiful still and the fact that broken trees have been turned into sculptures is a testament to human spirit.

[triptoheaveandho]

so sad this is my mothers home

[psteadma]

this is beautiful...I'm a fellow Mississippian and I really appreciate what you've done.