Taken: September 1, 2005
Camera: disposable b/w, I think
Biloxi, MS
Three days after Hurricane Katrina, we finally got out of our neighborhood, in which we had been trapped due to all the down power poles. I had to get to the south side of the bay to check on my grandfather's house. He had evacuated to Ellisville, MS and couldn't get back. On the way there, we drove down to a neighborhood near the beach and walked the rest of the way. This had once been an apartment complex that sat right on HWY 90 overlooking the beach. Many places along the road had collapsed due to the storm surge. As far as the eye could see was nothing but destruction. It was then, truly then, that it finally hit that home was never going to be the same again. It also inspires hope. The people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast all got to work as soon as the storm was over to start the rebuilding process. Everyone who could would lend a hand to their neighbors and friends who were in need.
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