Very Good Idea of Damage Done In Biloxi--Aerial Views:

[Audrey2Katrina]

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katrina/

Apologies for the original Long link. The original hyperlink made the page too wide, so I took off the URL link and searched around for a shorter way to get to it. There is a very good aerial summary of some of the damage done to the Biloxi area. In PDF I believe; You should get a link to a list of Katrina gallery images, click on the FIRST picture link "_Katrina-Bi..." That'll take you to this collection of pics....it's a 3.8 MB collection and analysis. Scanning through these pages gives an incredible view of the impact of Katrina--particularly the surge, in Biloxi.

A2K

[HurryKane]

Hey A2K, if you like you can put the original link in at http://tinyurl.com to get a short link, or use

[ url=http:www.whatever.com ]Pictures of Biloxi [ /url ]

without the spaces in the brackets, to name the link but not have it all show up.

[beachbum_al]

Those pictures really bring home what happen to over there. Just unbelievable the differences in the the before and after pics.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Thanks for the link, HurryKane... that'll come in handy.

Yes, beachbum, they do bring it home, don't they? And this is in the Biloxi-Ocean Springs area. I can only imagine what they'd look like even closer in around the Pass Christian/Bay St. Louis areas. This was truly a cataclysmic event for the poor folks along the MGC all the way into SE La.

A2K

[timNms]

A2K, Waveland (near Bay St. Louis) basically does not exist anymore. We had friends who lived there. They lost their homes and autos in the surge. They came close to losing their lives at the hotel on the corner of 90 and 603. Water was up to the 2nd floor there. They told us some guys in boats came and lifted them to the 2nd floor.
One of the friends is my daughter's ex fiance. They broke up several months before the storm, but kept in touch with each other. They were talking on the cell phones that morning around 10 am. He kept asking her when the eye was going to come over them because it was getting really bad. We were tracking the storm on the computer and she was relaying the position to him. The last thing we heard from him, he told her the water was about 8 feet from their 1st floor hotel room door. After that, they lost contact. It was about 4 days before she finally got thru on the cell phone to find out that they'd survived the storm. Needless to say, his parents' beechfront home was gone...nothing left but a few pilings and the concrete slab where the house once stood...not even a piece of siding from the home could be found. His grandmother's house, which was about 22 feet above sea level was wiped away...only one toilet and the concrete slab was left....his home on some canals was lifted from it's pilings and deposited in his back yard....

I have some pictures that they took during the storm, if you're interested, email me.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Thanks timNms... I just might do that. I've been collecting a LOT of photos/videos/data on this catastrophe; because I STILL maintain that there's a LOT about it we haven't been told yet. It's so sad to hear about Bay St. Louis and Waveland... I loved those cities. I hear there's talk of consolidating what's left into a "Bayland" community. Personally, I'd like to see some effort for them BOTH to come back.... like New Orleans, doubtless a LOT smaller; but they're historical towns and they NEED to remain a part of our geography and culture!

A2K

[timNms]

Thanks timNms... I just might do that. I've been collecting a LOT of photos/videos/data on this catastrophe; because I STILL maintain that there's a LOT about it we haven't been told yet. It's so sad to hear about Bay St. Louis and Waveland... I loved those cities. I hear there's talk of consolidating what's left into a "Bayland" community. Personally, I'd like to see some effort for them BOTH to come back.... like New Orleans, doubtless a LOT smaller; but they're historical towns and they NEED to remain a part of our geography and culture!

A2K

You can PM me if you'd like to get my email addy. Not sure if I have it posted on my profile.
I have some pix of what's left of their homes also.

[HurryKane]

The BSL/Waveland pictures are also at the link you posted, A2K, they're in a file one or two below the Biloxi one

[DanKellFla]

Audrey2Katrina, "because I STILL maintain that there's a LOT about it we haven't been told yet."

What do you mean by this? I know that it took 10 years for Andrew to be classified as a Cat. 5 storm. People are still arguing about Wilmas windspeed.

As for "Bayland" I guess it will come back. After Andrew, there were whole communities of homes that were just left abandoned. It took over a decade, but when the real estate market here went nuts, new home were built. The community actually ended up much nicer that it used to be. And "Bayland" sounds much too desireable a location for it to be abandoned. Some developer will swoop down and buy the lots and figure out a way to make money. Maybe by increasing density, building condos...timeshares... hotels..... or extremely high end homes. Who knows. But if there is an opportunity for money to be made, somebody will try. It will be a changed community, but that seems to be unavoidable at this time.

[Audrey2Katrina]

The BSL/Waveland pictures are also at the link you posted, A2K, they're in a file one or two below the Biloxi one

Thanks... that's a MASSIVE list; and I was wondering if they'd be there, as those are some of the best aerial pics I'd found.... will be checking those out too.

A2K

[Audrey2Katrina]

Audrey2Katrina, "because I STILL maintain that there's a LOT about it we haven't been told yet."

What do you mean by this? I know that it took 10 years for Andrew to be classified as a Cat. 5 storm. People are still arguing about Wilmas windspeed

Well, first and foremost let me tell you what it's NOT about:
1.) I do not believe there's going to be much of any changes with regard to windspeeds. She was, beyond question, a weakening storm as she moved coastward; although there was that sudden flareup and enigmatic restrengthening just as she made second landfall. That said, and without wanting to re-open any already beaten horse on the issue, I still maintain the "official" estimates are a tad lower than they actually were--but this is not a major issue with me.
2.) I do NOT subscribe to all the conspiracy nonsense about deliberately blown up levees, some governmental cover-up about plans to "clear out" New Orleans, or any other such hokey stuff attributing the tragedy to much more than a colossal aggregate of huge missteps in the wake of a cataclysimc event.

That said, suffice it to say I feel we're simply not being given all the data regarding actual deaths that took place in the aftermath...and leave it at that!

A2K