KATRINA in MISSISSIPPI

• STILL NEEDING HELP - HANCOCK CO. MISSISSIPPI

  Latest news from: KATRINA VOLUNTEERS - HANCOCK CO., MS
  
  CHRISTMAS IS COMING - HELP IS NEEDED - 62 Days Until Christmas:
  There will be a toy distribution at our facility in early December.
  If your family is in need of assistance contact: (601) 795-9979.
  We [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 5:52am EDT
  

• LIVING in MOLDY WRECKAGE

  Story From WLOX and Katrina Relief Family living in disrepair, Katrina Relief trying to help: More than four years after hurricane Katrina the Dire... [bit.ly]
  
  
  
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:42pm EDT
  

• PRES. OBAMA SKIPS MISSISSIPPi

  President Obama is bypassing Mississippi on his Gulf Coast visit
  Hattiesburg - WDAM
  
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  I am asking: WHY is the President skipping out on Mississippi, where the EYE of KATRINA made landfall?!
  
  The WDAM story, which came across Twitter, is full of long-winded excuses made [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
  

• SUICIDES and KATRINA "recovery"

  All I can say is that people in general honestly believe Barbour has done a great thing in getting "aid" to the Great State of Mississippi!?? That line of crap got him re-elected along with Wicker, etc. Does anyone really think those guys fret and worry about the folks who [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:52pm EDT
  

• PRES. OBAMA SKIPS MISSISSIPPi

  President Obama is bypassing Mississippi on his Gulf Coast visit <a
  href="[bit.ly]">Hattiesburg - WDAM</a>
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  I am asking: WHY is the President skipping out on Mississippi, where
  the EYE of KATRINA made landfall?!

  The WDAM story, which came across Twitter, is full of long-winded
  excuses made by Obama's team, but I say [...]

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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:47pm EDT
  

• FEEDING THE HUNGRY ON MS COAST

  FEMA and MEMA employees donate 7,000 lbs of food to hungry people on the coast:
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  ( via twitter) [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 5:55pm EDT
  

• "Final Katrina Death Toll..."

  A very interesting article about a study on Katrina related deaths which counts both direct and indirect deaths.
  
  -"Final Katrina Death Toll at 4,081" [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  

• 4 YEARS AGO TODAY - KATRINA HIT MISSISSIPPI

  IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD 4 YEARS FOR THE RECOVERY PROCESS - but it's just not over...
  
  I have not blogged here in quite awhile, and certainly not steadily, about Katrina in my beloved Mississippi. A lot has been happening in my own life, changes I never expected, but [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 10:59am EDT
  

• LOSING ANOTHER BELOVED PET

  FRANCES - LOST HER LIFE TO CANCER
  
  
  
  Frances came to us two and a half years ago frightened and freaked out. She was on the porch two days before Christmas in 2006. Something clearly had upset and scared her, but she came in the [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  

• OCEAN SPRINGS - RECOVERY IN ST. ANDREWS: SLIM TO NONE

  WLOX story - RECOVERY IN ST. ANDREWS
  
  When I read this story, I remembered yet again how I felt after the landfall of Katrina.
  
  I remember immediately after Katrina hit the Mississippi Coast that I was focusing on Ocean Springs as that was the place I'd fallen' [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
  

• BAY ST. LOUIS- NEEDS GROCERY STORE

  WLOX story - BAY ST. LOUIS LEADERS OK FUNDING FOR GROCERY STORE STUDY
  
  On my trips to Bay St. Louis and Waveland, I found that the only place to buy grocery items was at Wal-Mart in Waveland. It's not that long of a drive, if you're already close [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 3:44pm EDT
  

• POPP'S FERRY BRIDGE - UPDATE

  Barges drifted to left of the draw section, According to city engineers two 90-foot sections and eight pilings were destroyed in the accident. The Popp's Ferry is 3,983.5 feet or three-quarters of a mile long. (photo from Coast Guard)
  
  MAYOR WANTS "STATE OF EMERGENCY"
  
  On' [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 2:26pm EDT
  

• LAST KATRINA VICTIM IDENTIFIED

  GULFPORT, MS - CORONER HARGROVE ID'S LAST VICTIM
  
  Frank Jones was 20 years old when Katrina took his life and it's taken this long to identify his body. Hopefully the family can find some peace now.
  
  Hurricane Katrina was responsible for the deaths of 167 people [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2009, 3:01pm EDT
  

• POPP'S FERRY BRIDGE HIT BY BARGE

  BILOXI'S POPP'S FERRY BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED FOR MONTHS –
  
  South end of bridge was hit by a barge this morning at 7:30. The draw section was up for the 8 connected barges to pass through the bridge. A live report from WLOX said the tug was veering to [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2009, 8:56am EDT
  

• $2.8 BILLION FOR RECOVERY - UNSPENT

  SOUTH MS REBUILDING PROJECTS – SNAIL'S PACE RECOVERY
  
  $1.2 billion in FEMA public assistance funds
  $218 million for CDBG community revitalization
  $590 million for CDBG regional water/wastewater infrastructure
  $570 million for CDBG Port of Gulfport
  $200 million for CDBG Hancock County long-term recovery
  (Stats from Governor Barbour's office)
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  

• BAY ST. LOUIS- COTTAGES CAN STAY

  FINALLY! COMING TO THEIR SENSES –
  
  After many, many months of back-and-forth messing around, the Bay St. Louis City Council passed an ordinance allowing residents of the MEMA cottages to keep their homes. They must meet the requirements to buy their homes from the state but they can now [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 7:25am EDT
  

• WHY I CHANGED TO NATURAL CAT LITTER

  Jackson 1997-2008
  
  
  CLAY-BASED LITTER IS BAD FOR YOU AND YOUR CATS -
  
  I just recently figured out why it is that I had developed a chronic wheezing in my chest & why I've been having episodes of very short-windedness for the past year and a' [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2009, 2:48pm EDT
  

• LIMBAUGHISTS & REPUBS - TRAITORS

  Truth-Slam Against the Republican Party from a former Republican, Frank Schaeffer, author of "Crazy for God."
  
  "Dear Republican Leaders: The Republican Party has become the party dedicated to sabotaging the American future. You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. You combined the" [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  

• MEMA COTTAGE RALLY - PROTEST IN WAVELAND

  The following announcement was initiated by KATRINA RELIEF VOLUNTEERS whose home base is located in Waveland, MS/Hancock Co.
  
  
  
  
  
  Come help advocate for equal rights in housing options
  
  Housing advocates and activists are coming in from all over the country this weekend - [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• OBAMA ON KATRINA RESPONSE

  "UNCONSCIONABLE INEPTITUDE"
  
  Finally someone with enough guts to call it what it is, has been, and continues to be!! Obama vows to mend Bush’s broken Katrina promises.
  
  In addition, the article states that Senator David Vitter re-stated his position on the response to the storm by [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 5:48pm EST
  

• WAVELAND RESIDENTS SUE OVER MEMA COTTAGES

  To read the lawsuit in full just click LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF WAVELAND
  
  Here is part of the lawsuit:
  
  FACTS
  
  14. Plaintiffs are a group of Mississippi residents still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina (the “Storm”). After losing their homes in the [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 5:14pm EST
  

• DE NOVO - LOCAL MODULAR HOME BUILDERS

  DE NOVO MISSISSIPPI HOMES is a Bay St. Louis, independent home builder for modular homes which is operated by long-time locals, Susan and Amby Dalgre and Brenda and Mickey Renfro.
  
  From site preparation to handing you the key, they can help you with your rebuilding project. To [...]
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  Posted: January 19, 2009, 2:31pm EST
  

• REPRIEVE FROM FEMA FLOOD MAPS

  BAY ST. LOUIS -
  
  "The Bay" has been fighting FEMA's extreme flood maps which they created without the use of proper science or scientific tools. Those maps, had they become law, would have severely limited recovery from Katrina because they would impose ridiculously high elevation requirements.
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  Posted: January 17, 2009, 9:55am EST
  

• COTTAGES IN WAVELAND?

  
  
  WHAT'S SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?
  
  According to The Sea Coast Echo, Waveland's city leaders said that "the MEMA definition may affect the city's position."
  
  MAY affect??? What part of "a MEMA COTTAGE IS a MODULAR HOME" do they not understand?
  ' [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2009, 9:24am EST
  

• COTTAGES ARE MODULAR!

  Beleaguered Issue Seeing Positive Resolution?
  
  HANCOCK CO. attorney Ronnie Artigues received a letter from Balch & Bingham LLP, which represents the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, which stated that the MEMA cottage is modular housing. A copy of that Jan. 7th. letter was sent to Hancock Co. officials. By Jan. [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

• A PERSONAL RANT

  This goes for the greed-driven developers, the whims of city "leaders" and "supervisors," the short-sightedness of state and local government, the decisions of HUD and Haley relative to the port expansion, the re-zoners and the deciders who want to make it impossible for the little person to have a home [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2008, 1:26pm EST
  

• CASINOS - HOW MANY MORE?

  ASTUTE VULTURES OVER MS GULF COAST
  astute - being able to assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage : an astute businessman.
  
  It appears that south Diamondhead, MS hasn't gone through enough trouble with the on-going devastating effects of Katrina.
  
  The local' [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2008, 12:12pm EST
  

• MAGIC WAND MENTALITY :: PROMISES AFTER KATRINA

  "BIGGER & BETTER" - PROMISES TO KATRINA VICTIMS HAVE FALLEN SHORT
  
  THE MAGIC WAND MENTALITY:
  
  Immediately following Katrina's enormously devastating landfall along the Mississippi Gulf coast, statements were made by government officials of all sorts, statements which sounded like they were providing hope of a fair and' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2008, 5:29am EST
  

• SOCIAL INJUSTICE IN HOUSING ISSUES

  THE THANKSGIVING and CHRISTMAS SEASONS are UPON US and the
  MARCH 31, 2009 DEADLINE for REMOVAL OF MEMA COTTAGES
  
  Coast Housing Director Gerald Blessey was appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to help solve the ongoing Katrina housing crisis. When Blessey met with Bay St. Louis City Council, it came [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 4:47am EST
  

• AFFORDABLE :: SUSTAINABLE :: & RENTAL HOUSING CRISIS

  GULF COAST NEWS - KATRINA RECOVERY in HANCOCK CO. as of 11-17-08
  
  This is a report filed by Kathleen Johnson at the request from the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding and published in the very excellent, ongoing Katrina update news site, Gulf Coast News.
  
  "Four years" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 4:33am EST
  

• KATRINA RELIEF : VOLUNTEER - DONATE

  KATRINA RELIEF – a disaster relief operation in Hancock County, Mississippi.
  
  
  Recycling Left Over Construction Supplies
  
  There are approximately 12,000 damaged homes in Hancock County - if after the construction was complete on 30% of those homes they found they had a left over 2x4 and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 4:15am EST
  

• IKE Affects Ocean Springs, MS

  IKE flooding in Ocean Springs and Biloxi, MS
  
  Some great images from my Katrina friend, Lisa. She finally got a camera! Good for her, now I can see what it is she writes so wonderfully about on her blog, Cruising in the Wild. The link above takes you [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2008, 5:03pm EDT
  

• Hurricane Ike - Gilchrist, TX

  A 360 look at the town of Gilchrist, Texas - before and after Hurricane Ike.
  
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  Posted: September 17, 2008, 4:42pm EDT
  

• HURRICANES & MS 2008

  Mantras for My Beloved MS Gulf Coast :
  
  
  
  To see the effects of Ike in Biloxi as early as Thurs. Sept. 11, check out this easy to view slideshow with photos taken by Vincent Creel, Public Affairs Manager for the City of [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 9:45am EDT
  

• 2008 Preliminary Hurricane Forecast

  2008 Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast ::
  
  The Tropical Meteorology Project - "We foresee a well above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season in 2008," 8 hurricanes (average is 5.9) and 15 named storms (average is 9.6), with 4 INTENSE (Category 3-4-5) hurricanes.
  
  As the hurricane season approaches [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2008, 7:01pm EDT
  

• DUMP THE PUMPS ! Hearing in Vicksburg

  GULF RESTORATION NETWORK ACTION ALERT
  
  
  
  The infamous Yazoo Pumps plot would destroy over 200,000 acres of wetlands if allowed to come into being. With the DEAD ZONE growing in the Gulf and now the Mississippi River cresting from heavy rains in the Mid-West, [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2008, 4:10pm EDT
  

• MEMA WASTING MONEY ON "TEST"

  Lowe's Katrina Cottages available in different plans.
  
  
  According to a recent article in the Mississippi Press, MEMA is conducting a TEST to see "if the cottages are better solutions than FEMA trailers."
  
  A $280 million federal grant will cover the cost of this "test."' [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2008, 8:19pm EST
  

• JACKSON CO. RETHINKS MEMA COTTAGES, ZONING

  This MS Cottage, located in Waveland, replaced a FEMA trailer just a few months ago. The people who live in this one are extremely happy with it.
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  The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has indicated that it just might rethink the issue of MEMA Cottages [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2008, 7:56pm EST
  

• WHAT'S UP WITH BARBOUR? – His Latest SCHEME

  Enclosure: [download]

  In a Clarion Ledger article for Feb. 7th., our illustrious Gov. Barbour wants to DIVERT $$$ FROM KATRINA GRANT FUNDS to help DESIGN ROADS for a TOYOTA plant in North Mississippi !!! WHAT ????
  
  What will Barbour think of next !! I never cease to be amazed [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2008, 9:40am EST
  

• THE THING ABOUT IT IS . . .

  Dream For Sale. Live Oaks in fog on Front Beach in Ocean Springs.
  
  
  Below this post you can see that I have posted a few images of Waveland – "south of the tracks."
  
  The thing about it is, that those images are indeed a few. [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2008, 3:56pm EST
  

• POSTCARDS FROM DESTRUCTION – Waveland, MS

  CROSSING THE INFAMOUS RAILROAD - WAVELAND - FEB. 2008
  
  CSX railroad tracks at Waveland Ave. - The CSX railroad extends from border to border along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and were the benchmark of total devastation. "South of the tracks" was the marker phrase used [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2008, 7:30am EST
  

• FEMA SLOWS COAST'S REBUILD + The $600 MILLION MAN - A DEBACLE

  Moody's Court - a beautiful past.
  
  
  Still in Katrina daze. Entrance to St. Michael's. This face expresses best my feelings about the recovery/rebuilding issues that have not been dealt with in a timely, respectful, and caring manner by the powers that be.
  
  
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  Posted: January 30, 2008, 3:52pm EST
  

• UPCOMING TOWN HALL MEETING

  Wiggins Town Hall Meeting
  
  Mon., Feb. 11, 2008
  6:00-7:30 p.m.
  Wiggins Senior Citizens Center (So. Magnolia St.)
  Wiggins, MS
  1-800-273-4363 for more information
  
  This is an open forum for South Mississippians to bring their concerns, suggestions, opinions, and complaints to Gene's attention.
  Caseworkers from Gene's local offices [...]
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  Posted: January 18, 2008, 8:41am EST