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We're driving on 90 West out of Biloxi... the true highway to hell.
It's a miracle the road is still open when everything around it is shattered, crushed and closed. Don't get me wrong, the highway has problems of its own. Many of the bridges are out or unsafe and four lanes often have to become just two, sometimes one. We're always skirting sink holes or places where the road is simply gone. Drive just one mile on this road and you will see the worst Katrina has to offer and never question why it costs so much or will take so long to rebuild. Instead, you'll wonder how can it be done at all.
Read more from After the Storm: The Long Road Back, Martin Savidge
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Waveland and Bay St. Louis were hit hard.The worst thing is we had both "wind" & "flood" insurance. Now two months later we've gotton nowhere with a settlement. They keep sending in more "consultants" and "adjustors", and each time their "reports" take another three to four weeks. Don't let them "record" anything without having a lawyer present as their tactics will try to get anything you say in THEIR favor.
Diane Vermontville, Mi (Sent Nov 3, 2005 9:44:47 PM)
The coast will come back bigger and better than ever. I just hope nothing like this ever happens again.
Aaron, Hattiesburg, MS (Sent Nov 3, 2005 12:24:24 PM)
Having just returned from a trip to Mississippi, the people are saying "What about us?" They are angry that FEMA, the Bush administration, and most of America has forgotten or failed to realize that the eye of Katrina passed directly over Pass Christian and Long Beach, MS. The Mississippians recognize that New Orleans was a comedy of errors post-Katrina, but the people of Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport etc. dealt with a storm surge in excess of 25 feet! These people have lost EVERYTHING -- their houses are piles of sticks or a concrete slab! People are still living in tents in cemeteries because FEMA trailers are heading to Louisiana instead. Don't even get me started on how they feel about raw sewage being dumped on their beaches because the treatment plants are still offline.
Michelle, Augusta (Sent Nov 3, 2005 9:03:34 AM)
As much as it breaks my heart to see Highway 90 (aka Beach Boulevard along the MS coast) referred to as the "Highway to Hell," I know that it's an accurate description.
Thank you for getting the word out to the rest of the country that the people on the MS coast are still living in pretty hellish conditions and are suffering just as much, if not more, than the people in NOLA. I see the TV coverage from NOLA and the French Quarter and the Garden District look largely untouched by hurricane damage. You can't say that about ANY city, town, or neighborhood on the entire MS coast, all 80 miles of it. And of course, there are two or three towns that have virtually disappeared. It won't take *years* for the MS coast to recover, it will likely take decades. And this is an area that was home to almost 400,000 people or so when Katrina hit. Not that there are anywhere near that number anymore.
Thank you again, all the members of "Team Martin" covering the MS coast.
CJ, Ocean Springs, MS (Sent Nov 2, 2005 8:24:24 PM)
What are the people affected by the hurricanes outside of New Orleans saying about FEMA and the Red Cross?
John, Wisconsin (Sent Nov 2, 2005 4:05:04 PM)
Thank you for reporting on the real aftermath of a hurricane. As one who lives in west Mobile, we were spared the worst. However, in the past the news media would report, oh yea, there was a hurricane in the city of _____ (fill in), and that's the last you would hear of it. Often people would think that we somehow miraculously rebuilt overnight! Not true. My husband is a commercial A/C salesman and is just now receiving orders to replace A/C in high rise condos in Pensacola that were damaged by IVAN! Think how long it will be for lower Alabama and Mississippi, not to mention New Orleans to come back after Katrina and Rita. Please don't forget about us....it really is difficult to get back together after the big ones!
Cathereine Pierce, Mobile, Ala. (Sent Nov 2, 2005 2:11:03 PM)
It sounds like this damage will not take months but years to repair. Are the villages letting anyone back? Are people saying that they want to rebuild?
John, Chicago, Illinois (Sent Nov 2, 2005 2:09:10 PM)
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