Hurricane Katrina flooded and devastated New Orleans, but there was no mention of the fact that the 27-foot storm surge in Gulfport, MS completely wiped out the entire MS gulf coast. Every building, home and business damaged or completely wiped away. It also caused widespread power outages as far north as Jackson MS. We had no power for almost two weeks (about 2 hours north of the MS gulf coast) and wouldn't have gotten it back then had it not been for out of state power companies coming to MS to help. Most places also had no water, phone service or cell phone service. It was an unprecedented event for our state as Camille was our reference and it did damage way beyond that.
Hurricane Katrina flooded and devastated New Orleans, but there was no mention of the fact that the 27-foot storm surge in Gulfport, MS completely wiped out the entire MS gulf coast. Every building, home and business damaged or completely wiped away. It also caused widespread power outages as far north as Jackson MS. We had no power for almost two weeks (about 2 hours north of the MS gulf coast) and wouldn't have gotten it back then had it not been for out of state power companies coming to MS to help. Most places also had no water, phone service or cell phone service. It was an unprecedented event for our state as Camille was our reference and it did damage way beyond that.