Bay St. Louis on CNN now

therealashe · #1 Postby **therealashe** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:03 am

US 90 accross the Louis Bay is GONE. Only the concrete blocks remain. Homes are completely gone, swept into the ocean. It's just cleared land. They are reporting the homes that remain, are all damaged.

They are interviewing a woman whose home was destoyed, she said the surge crumbled her house and they clung to an oak tree for 3 hours.

:(:(

therealashe · #2 Postby **therealashe** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:05 am

She said at some points, the water was over their head

She said she's never been really religious, but she is now.

She said the surge was well over 35 feet. Amazing.

ohiostorm · #3 Postby **ohiostorm** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:06 am

I was watching the same thing. Definately devastating.

tzirinis · #4 Postby **tzirinis** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:09 am

Truly heartbreaking scenes. :cry:

Website · #5 Postby **Brent** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:10 am

#6 Postby **GulfHills** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:15 am

GOD.....I wish there was something I could do. I feel so helpless watching all these tragedies unfold.

canegrl04 · #7 Postby **canegrl04** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:18 am

Oh man

This is the worst natural catastrope in US history

ColdWaterConch · #8 Postby **ColdWaterConch** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:21 am

canegrl04 wrote:Oh man This is the worst natural catastrope in US history

You are from TX..how can you say that? Galveston easily is #1.

HurryKane · #9 Postby **HurryKane** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:21 am

therealashe wrote:US 90 accross the Louis Bay is GONE. Only the concrete blocks remain. Homes are completely gone, swept into the ocean. It's just cleared land. They are reporting the homes that remain, are all damaged.

They are interviewing a woman whose home was destoyed, she said the surge crumbled her house and they clung to an oak tree for 3 hours.

:(:(

Pal of mine lives at the corner of Hwy 90 and Beach Blvd (basically right where the St. Louis Bay bridge begins).

At least, he used to.

HurryKane · #10 Postby **HurryKane** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:23 am

ColdWaterConch wrote:
canegrl04 wrote:Oh man This is the worst natural catastrope in US history

You are from TX..how can you say that? Galveston easily is #1.

We don't really know the scope of this one yet. It has the possibility of making people die for the next several months in some places.

soonertwister · #11 Postby **soonertwister** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:24 am

ColdWaterConch wrote:
canegrl04 wrote:Oh man This is the worst natural catastrope in US history

You are from TX..how can you say that? Galveston easily is #1.

I'm afraid that can no longer be said with certainty. I'm starting to believe that is one will almost surely be worse, and that's only talking about casualties. In terms of damage it will be thousands of times worse.

#12 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:24 am

GulfHills wrote:GOD.....I wish there was something I could do. I feel so helpless watching all these tragedies unfold.

I feel the same way!

wxcrazytwo · #13 Postby **wxcrazytwo** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:27 am

ColdWaterConch wrote:
canegrl04 wrote:Oh man This is the worst natural catastrope in US history

You are from TX..how can you say that? Galveston easily is #1.

Yeah, but that cane hit when the pop was limited. I think this might be the costliest on record.

djtil · #14 Postby **djtil** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:27 am

re Galveston deaths...

8000

galveston will easily still be the worst natural disaster based on deaths.

soonertwister · #15 Postby **soonertwister** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:30 am

There is something that everyone can do. Even if you cannot help directly, you can donate time or money to an accredited relief organization.

I've already given a sizeable donation to the Red Cross. Everyone who is able, should do the same, or contact your local emergency agencies to see if there is any way you can help.

It's going to take a nation to recover from this.

soonertwister · #16 Postby **soonertwister** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:32 am

djtil wrote:re Galveston deaths...

8000

galveston will easily still be the worst natural disaster based on deaths.

You're pretty sure of that, aren't you? Do you have a handle on this disaster? If you have information that the rest of us don't have, I'd love to hear it.

#17 Postby **Stephanie** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:36 am

soonertwister wrote:
djtil wrote:re Galveston deaths...

8000

galveston will easily still be the worst natural disaster based on deaths.

You're pretty sure of that, aren't you? Do you have a handle on this disaster? If you have information that the rest of us don't have, I'd love to hear it.

Let's all settle down now.

Hopefully we won't reach 8,000 dead. Katrina will be IMHO, the costliest natural disaster.

djtil · #18 Postby **djtil** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:42 am

You're pretty sure of that, aren't you?

yes, positive

therealashe · #19 Postby **therealashe** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:46 am

While Galveston was terrible in terms of deaths, we don't know how many are dead yet.

What makes this so catastrophic, other than the loss of lives and home... is the oil refineries and ports. We weren't as dependent on oil and ports then. This country consumes over 20 million barrels of oil a day.

The reach and span of this will far exceed the area immediately hit. It will have a nationwide impact.

#20 Postby **MBismyPlayground** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:50 pm

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