Along the Gulf coast, Post-Katrina, Part 1: Pascagoula

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April 21, 2007 at 06:38:00

Along the Gulf coast, Post-Katrina, Part 1: Pascagoula

by Mac McKinney Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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A shattered pier in Pascagoula, Mississippi

I've just returned from the Gulf Coast with several hundred photos of Pascagoula and Ocean Springs, Mississippi, as well as of New Orleans, particularly in the Lower Ninth Ward. If you think the Bush Administration is paying anything more than lip service to revitalizing the Gulf States, then think again. The only true priority in their minds is colonizing the Middle East. That is where all the badly needed funds for reconstruction are going, into the Pentagon cesspool, despite what officials say. Carpetbaggers, crooks, and inefficient bureaucrats are sucking up the rest of the available funds.

To let you see what's going on along the coast, I am going to invite you to view several photo albums of the reality down there, starting with Pascagoula's still rather scenic waterfront in this first article. Pascagoula wasn't hit anywhere near as hard as New Orleans, but it was still hammered. Ingalls shipyard, for example, was devastated. Much of the city is back on its feet, but there are still miles and miles to go, as you will see in this first photo album. I think it's important that we know what the situation is from as many sources as possible, including my own.

So study these photos under "Mac's Slide Show", if you will, at: http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=q749j48.u5o9fv8&Uy=38o9ue&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0. I'll post more soon. Here's several more from this album now.

All but the foundation wiped away

Another house stripped to the slab

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Student of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace, justice and the unity of humankind, not through force, but through self-realization and mutual respect.
Mac McKinneyStudent of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and advocate for peace, justice and the unity of humankind, not through force, but through self-realization and mutual respect.

Next Album

The next album will focus on Ocean Springs, Mississippi

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 9:00:40 AM

just a concerned citizen.
k kellyjust a concerned citizen.

Thanks

Thanks so much for the photos of Goula, although I didn't see any of the Longfellow House, if there was anything left of it, on the far east end of 'Goula Beach. Also, please add some photos of Beauvoir (Jefferson Davis' home) in Biloxi-Gulfport, I've heard the damage was quite extensive.

by k kelly (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 182 comments) on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10:15:29 AM

Beauvoir (Jefferson Davis' home) in Biloxi-Gulfport

I'll have to look that up on my next trip down there in a couple of months. I'll be in and out of Mississippi several times this year.

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10:23:18 AM

Former B-52 Nav/Rad, Recc WSO, lifetime member of VFW, Ole Miss 1972, graduate, UAB 1990, graduate. Clinical Laboratory Scientist, MT, ASCP.VA Whistleblower, and ex-VA employee.
morkFormer B-52 Nav/Rad, Recc WSO, lifetime member of VFW, Ole Miss 1972, graduate, UAB 1990, graduate. Clinical Laboratory Scientist, MT, ASCP.VA Whistleblower, and ex-VA employee.

Post KARTINA

I was born in Biloxi. My family is in Biloxi. My history is in Biloxi. George Ohr is my Great-Grandfather. I have the largest collection of historical artifacts that George Ohr owned. The tragic part is, I will not place these items in the Frank Gehry design museum, dedicated to George Ohr. The reason why? The U.S. Government. My collection will probably be moved out of the U.S.A. Would you like the story for an article?

by mork (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 2:43:02 PM

Yes

I didn't have time to stop in Biloxi this time around, but it is on the list for next time.

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 4:14:20 PM

just a concerned citizen.
k kellyjust a concerned citizen.

Ohr's Legacy

i was wondering, if you knew Bill Nelson? One of my last trips "home" , pre Katrina, he was working for the museum. We were childhood neighbors.

As to the collection, had seen a recent Antiques Roadshow from Mobile, and your grandfather's works were showcased. We'd heard earlier that most of the collection had been moved to Mobile for safekeeping, I hope sometime in the future it can return to it's rightful historic home in Biloxi :)

I also understand Shearwater Pottery in OS., is no more. I'm very lucky to own a pitcher of theirs, but have heard/read that they were not so proactive prior to Kat, and their entire collection was lost.

The area has truly lost much of its history due to Camille and Katrina, very sad indeed.

I still just can not grasp the scope of destruction from a storm that was less intense than Camille, it just doesn't make any sense.

best to you and family.......

by k kelly (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 182 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 10:49:59 AM

"The most violent element in society is ignorance.": Emma Goldman
Karl Moore"The most violent element in society is ignorance.": Emma Goldman

Thank You Mac

Great Pictures! I hope you take note of the Lafitte Housing Project when you get to New Orleans. Lafitte is abandoned and locked up in spite of the fact it was barely damaged by Katrina.

It's a big project and hundreds of former residents, all low income and mostly African-American have been forced from their homes there, in order to change the demographics of the Big Easy to something more pleasing to the conservative rulers of my favorite city.

by Karl Moore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 15 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 12:23:58 AM

The Lafitte Housing Project

Is the Lafitte the one on Orleans Street? If so, I took some photos of that street, although I didn't focus on the housing project because it was largely in good shape. I was wondering why it was all bordered up. There will be photos of Orleans Street in a later album.

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 9:40:35 AM

"The most violent element in society is ignorance.": Emma Goldman
Karl Moore"The most violent element in society is ignorance.": Emma Goldman

Lafitte

Yes, the Lafitte project is on Orleans Avenue. Probably not very interesting to photgraph because there is NO damage to the exterior. I understand some of the units had a whopping 2 inches of water inside.

There's no rational reason for the Lafitte to be condemmed. Many, if not most of it's residents were working poor. The crime rate there was low.

The Lower 9th and parts of New Orleans East are very depressing to see and the military presence there is very visible. The mainstream press has lost interest in our government's failure to serve the interests of some of our citizens.

Is this a racist country or what?

by Karl Moore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 15 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 3:54:40 PM

benmarblemd.com- Some people apparently agreed that I did a good thing when I said "Go F*** Yourself Mr. Cheney" on live international television ruining The Dick Cheney's lame press conference in Gulfport, Ms. Now I say it is time to IMPEACH NOW!
*I like posting on OpEdNews.Com because is one of the few websites that let's me speak about REALITY without trying to make me be "PC" (hint-Political Correctness is the worst form of censorship in the history of humanity).
BenMarbleMDbenmarblemd.com- Some people apparently agreed that I did a good thing when I said "Go F*** Yourself Mr. Cheney" on live international television ruining The Dick Cheney's lame press conference in Gulfport, Ms. Now I say it is time to IMPEACH NOW!
*I like posting on OpEdNews.Com because is one of the few websites that let's me speak about REALITY without trying to make me be "PC" (hint-Political Correctness is the worst form of censorship in the history of humanity).

well

I believe that slab you have in your pic is Trent Lott's old house...

by BenMarbleMD (18 articles, 0 quicklinks, 172 diaries, 259 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 2:27:24 AM

Interesting

That would be ironic, Ben.

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 9:46:55 AM

Mike Mischak

Not the poor...

It would appear that photos are from a rather exclusive area and not where average folks lived. I would hope that the government or powers that be help the poor rather than rebuilding some wealthy individuals mansion and boat pier.

by Mike Mischak (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 6 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 6:55:41 AM

Wait 'til you see New Orleans Photos

This was a middle to upper class neighborhood, but the poor areas I visited in New Orleans still look like they had been bombed even today.

by Mac McKinney (41 articles, 56 quicklinks, 127 diaries, 899 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 9:44:56 AM

just a concerned citizen.
k kellyjust a concerned citizen.

just one street back off the beach in Pascagoula

has always for the most part been rather modest... small brick ranch's and clapboard homes from the 30's thru 60's. there are few wealthy enclaves in the area, but even with better incomes from the area's major employer's, Standard Oil, Northrup Grumman (Ingalls Shipbuilding), etc., the median income is very low for all but a few. Another thing to remember, the cost of living is quite low there also, compared to other areas of the US.

by k kelly (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 182 comments) on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 10:38:31 AM