Just Heard A Terrible Story From Ocean Springs, Mississippi

[BlowinNTheWind]

My buddy's girlfriends parents live in Ocean Springs, Mississippi which is one of the towns there has been almost no news coverage from along with Pass Christian..Bay St Louis and Waveland...They evacuated to Meridian and were fine...they finally got back this morning..there house was completely gone along with every other one on the street..they were also told that 7 of their neighbors at least are confirmed dead...I think the death tolls from these cities is going to be staggering when the numbers start being released...

[Canelaw99]

Thank goodness they evacuated when they could. How horrible for them

[KG4HPN]

What was the location of their house? I have a co-worker who has friends on Davidson Road that he is concerned about.

Thanks!
-Jet

[scostorms]

Off topicish, but the storm surge took the houses right? How did it come along, as a 20 foot wave? Or water that slowly started rising, CNN isn't saying it good. All they say is a 20 foot wave took away the houses. Well, I guess this is kind of in topic.

[Brent]

There's several members from Ocean Springs unaccounted for...

[Tehuantepecer]

Thanks for the information. My brother still has not been allowed out of the hospital in Biloxi and has not heard anything about his home in Ocean Springs. We can only hope that 'no news is good news' regarding people in Ocean Springs.

[Courtnay Mccullers]

i rode this storm out in ocean springs, away from the surge.

the wind was high... i gusted to 127 before my roof which held my anemometer was ripped off.

i didn't take a look at the surge-affected areas when i left immediately after the storm (fled to Citronelle, AL).

pure wind damage between Ocean Springs and Citronelle was extensive to trees and power lines. wind damage to structures was moderately heavy in ocean springs/pascagoula/moss point, and minor to moderate once i headed north and east into mobile county, alabama.

i do have a feeling though looking at the pictures from gulfport and biloxi from the surge that ocean springs didn't take it too well either.

plus, our mayor who evidently rode the storm out in the city is missing.

[traciepb]

I'm afraid that we are only going to hear more about deaths in smaller communities as well as time passes. I checked in to a hotel in Tallahassee today (which is jam packed with evacuees) and of course, this disaster was the topic. One older gentlemen heard a friend and I talking, and walked over and said.. "in my town, there's 100 dead - and you won't see that on the news". I'm not sure what that meant, and he seemed too distraught for me to ask where he was from.

My heart goes out to everyone. So many lives are changed forever.