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Hurricane Katrina damage
at Bay St. Louis, MS . . .destruction
More Tucson & desert . . . . more_desert
Interstate 10 & 20 . . .
. driving
After two months of the desert town I
was somewhat bored and I had wanted to see my vacation Lot in Mississippi. So I
drove there. On the 6-mile connecting
road I-20 to Rte 90, the 5 gas station/stores were blown apart by Hurricane
Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was Aug 05, I arrived
Feb 06 to check out my subdivision.
This very large sailboat was lifted up by the 13-foot water surge and
then left on the ground beside an elevated house.
Maybe 20% people stayed in white FEMA
trailers while cleaning out. All inside walls and insulation is being torn out,
mold & water 13 feet high These two photos were taken from my dock. Lucky
me had not built a cabin yet, just a dock for my small boat.
In my subdivision, the smallest and
oldest (poorest construction) were knocked over, pushed into the canals. Old elevated trailers were twisted and on
the ground. 40% totally ruined. The above house was pretty nice and had been
elevated until…
Feb 06. I left some desert rocks and
plants on my Lot to see if they might thrive in the wet climate. In the afternoon my neighbors, now living in
a FEMA mobile home, told me to drive to down town Bay St. Louis to see the
damage.
Standing in front of the Hancock Bank I
took photos, left and right. There used to be an asphalt road and sidewalks in
front of these buildings only 40 feet from the Gulf of Mexico. Bay St. Louis, MS
Large hunks of asphalt. Light blue water is upper left. The railroad train rolled across the bridge
as I chatted with a minister from Kansas who was part of a volunteer group down
here to help. Beyond the white building
was the road that went along the shoreline mansions; I did not get to see the
damage along there.
My Lot is 3 miles from Rte 90 small
town of Waveland. Then are the small houses of Bay St. Louis. Only the homes on coastline are big. The
tiny town houses looked okay mostly. This giant oak stump, hollow I climbed
down inside and pretended for mercy.
The minister took my photo.
I then spent two days driving back
across Texas to finish my “snow bird” winter near my daughter.
Feb 6, Saturday lunch at Iron Mountain
Monument, Tucson, AZ Alaina's 4x4 truck
was needed on rock ravine, just ahead, narrow road Rocky sand surface pushed level becomes 30mile ‘country road’,
that rain makes deep ravines into. See mirror smiling at you?
Copper mine is behind us. Gold flecks
in rock we're on. glenn & Alaina D
The "Christmas cactus tree: in
front of Alaina is her favorite. Mountaintop above her has been mined for
copper. The rest of the Iron Mountain hillside has become untouchable National
Monument lands. Only camping, off road
vehicles, target practice, and walking now allowed. This our only adventure
into the wild as she works 60 hours per week and has a weekend boyfriend to go
nightclubbing, etc.
Piñatas full of candy at apartment
neighbor's kid's birthday party. My one bedroom apartment was on second floor,
heard all outside sounds.
Look close: training wheels on a
motorcycle, Tucson, AZ Feb 2006
Mountain 10 miles from my apartment
usually has snow on it in winter but not 2006. Nice apartment building on main
road
Nice large apartment complex, $650 2
bedroom and up. I found a smaller
place: I only paid $400 plus
electricity, but also had a swimming pool
I think this is one of the strangest
natural scenes I've encountered along my interstate travels. These Giant boulders appear ready to
"roll" down upon the roadway.
As if purposefully designed, the Highway Dept. of AZ cut through
mountain with these loose rocks left, right, median at Dragoon Road, on I-10,
65 miles east of Tucson. The first time
I rolled through here I didn't have any film. Both times I've been afraid to
stop, it is just a scary place.
Leaving New Mexico, I-10 heading east.
24 February 2006 My 60th birthday
I-20 heading east, Middle of Texas,
giant massive sand/dirt, yep and it’s still the 24th of February 2006.
This is West Texas, I-20 heading
east. President Bush is from around
these parts I think.
I had to cut my vacation short because
on 1 March 2006, my Temporary IL plates expire and my insurance lapses all
because I forgot to change to ending date for electronic payments of my monthly
bills by the Bank. My sister had sent me my hard copy statement from my
insurance company, which showed I hadn’t paid my January bill. A phone call to the Pay Link department of
the Bank told me what happened. Oh well I was getting bored.
Nearly 900 miles to cross the state of
Texas, speed limit70 & 75. Blinding
sunset in side mirror. Most of Texas looks like this, subdivisions ???
Small stream of water running through Oak
trees in Arkansas. At interstate rest stop, First trees and running water seen
in 3 months, which gave me a sense of relief, "I was nearing
homeland."
As I entered the boot hill of Missouri,
my attention was pulled skyward.
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