FEMA trailer across from the beach. The storm surge was 30 feet high in this area. Just down the road at St. Stanislaus high school, seven international students made it through the storm with a priest by staying on the fourth floor of their dormitory. All made it safely through the storm.
Stairs to nowhere seem to be located all across the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina hit Bay Saint Louis at 8:01AM on August 29, 2005. These stairs have led to nowhere for 2.5 years!
All that remains of the local Hancock Bank building is the vault. One of our teammembers checks it out in this photo.
One of our team members poses in front of two bridges: the bridge directly behind her is the railroad bridge and the bridge in the distance is the Bay St. Louis Bridge that recently opened. While I was in Ocean Springs in June 2007, nine workers were killed building this bridge. (Katrina demolished the bridge in 2005.)
All that remains of the Fire Dog Saloon which was located in Downtown Bay St. Louis is the gutted out building. Notice the oak tree roots in the parking lot in the foreground.
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