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Gulf Coast rebuilds afterKatrina

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Two years after Hurricane Katrina the debris piles have shrunk to insignificance
and new construction now dominates the landscape.

                                        

Miss Condominiums

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Billboards along Highway 90 certify a future of hi-rise condominiums and
Casino-Hotels, an Atlantic City of the South.

Gone, probably forever, are the small businesses, restaurants and roadside
motels that defined the string of small communities along the Gulf Coast, tied
together by the highway like a string of pearls.

 

Hard Rock Casino after Katrina

Hard Rock Casino

The Gaming Industry is leading the recovery of the Mississipppi Gulf Coast as
11 of the 13 Gulf Coast Casinos severely damaged or destroyed by Katrina
have already reopened. That number is expected to double in the next
ten years as the Casinos are allowed to build up to 800 feet from shore.

                              

First Presbyterian Church Gulfport after Katrina

The First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport , left standing but beyond repair,
tolled it's bell for the last time January 21, 2007. Plans for a new Church include the salvaged steeple.

The spirit of this congregation lives on in a place called "Camp Hope" , a group of trailers and tents on a sandy lot in
Long Beach where volunteers from around the country are housed and fed as they help rebuild shattered homes and lives.

 

 

Katrina damaged trees along Highway 90

Photo of Highway 90 destruction after Katrina

 

Scoggins Chainsaw sculpture after Katrina

Hurricane Katrina turned thousands of the Gulf Coast's beautiful oak, magnolia, palm and pine
trees into grotesque memorials to her fury. Chainsaw artist Dayton Scoggins responded
by transforming the trunks of the destroyed trees into works of art lining Highway 90.


Katrina damaged home in Miss

Rebuilt home after Katrina gulfport miss

A lucky beachfront survivor, barely standing after Katrina, now rebuilt and a reminder
of years now past when magnificent antebellum homes lined the Coast. Perhaps a future
generation will bestow the same reverence to homes such as this and label them "Pre-Katrina".

beach blvd. Bay St. Louis restored

Beach Blvd rebuilt in Old Town Bay St. Louis.
See the before and after pictures here.

 

Bay St. Louis bridge rebuilt after Katrina

Highway 90 bridge over Bay St. Louis reopened. See the before picture here.

Beauvoir rennovations in Biloxi after Katrina

The restoration of Beauvoir, home of Jefferson Davis, begins in earnest.

Highway 90 bridge between Ocean Springs and Biloxi construction

Constuction on schedule for Highway 90 bridge between Oceans Springs and Biloxi.

See the before photo here.

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