This is the story of Hurricane Katrina and the Mississippi Gulf Coast,
including some other pictures along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The Story of Hurricane Katrina
and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
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THE STORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA - TEXT

THE TRACK OF KATRINA & RADAR & SATELLITE

DESTRUCTION OF POST 119 BY KATRINA

THE GULFPORT VA CENTER AFTER KATRINA

RESIDENTIAL PICTURES PICTURES AFTER KATRINA

OTHER PICTURES ALONG THE GULF COAST

PICTURES OF BOATS FOLLOWING KATRINA

AERIAL PICTURES OF KATRINA'S DESTRUCTION

DIRECTORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA LINKS


Other Pictures Along The Mississippi Gulf Coast

Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport

Picture From The Air of Marine Life

     The picture on the left is the remains of the Main Building (center) and the Aqua Stadium (center left) of the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina. The Dolphins' home, the Aqua Stadium, had been a 30-foot high tank at Gulfport's nearly 50-year-old Marine Life Oceanarium, which had survived Hurricane Camille in August of 1969 but was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. The Marine Life Aqua Stadium and Main Building now stand in ruins after Hurricane Katrina struck.The stadium had been the main venue for viewing the facility's 14 Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins in action. The Oceanarium's buildings and tanks were almost completely demolished by the storm. After Katrina, staff members evacuated surviving Dolphins and Sea Lions to temporary homes at the Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and at Sea World in Orlando, Florida.
     The picture on the right was taken from the air after Katrina and shows the entire Marine Life Oceanarium complex including Parking Lots, Main Building, Aqua Stadium, Feeding Tanks, Holding Tanks, Storage Buildings, Supply Buildings, and Docks.
   A note about water: It must be understood that water weights about 60 pounds per cubic foot and has unusually low compressibility. Imagine a nearly solid wall of water 30 feet deep, and 1,000 feet wide traveling at 20 miles per hour. At 60 pounds per cubic foot, that would be tons of fast moving water. Moving water can easily go around the sharp corners of a building, but it "slams" straight into the flat walls of any structure. Fast moving water can also go around the circular trunk of a tree. Although small trees may not be able to withstand the force of fast moving water, larger and stronger trees can. That's why almost all of the larger trees on the Mississippi Gulf Coast remained standing after Hurricane Camille in August of 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005.

Beauvoir Before Hurricane Katrina

Beauvoir After Hurricane Katrina

     The picture on the left is the way Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis appeared before Hurricane Katrina. The entire complex of buildings overlooked the white sane beach, about 100 yards from the Gulf of Mexico waters. The picture on the right was taken from inside Beauvoir outward toward the beach. As was feared, Beauvoir and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina. These two structures can and will be restored given time and funding. However, it is with great sadness that the Library pavilion (where Jefferson Davis penned "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", the Hayes cottage, Soldier's Home Barracks replica, Confederate Soldier's Museum, Gift Shop, and director's home were totally destroyed. Artifact search and recovery has already begun, with restoration to begin soon. Replicas of those buildings totally destroyed will be built after the restoration of Beauvoir House and Presidential Library are complete. For continuing information on the rebuilding, visit Beauvoir Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

Hurricane Camille Gift Shop

Shrimp Boats And Docks

     The picture on the left shows the S.S. Hurricane Camille Gift shop on the Beach Boulevard in Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. After Hurricane Camille in August of 1969, a Tug Boat washed up on the shore North of the Beach Boulevard. Later, it was turned around, strongly mounted, and converted into a Gift Shop. It remains there even today as a steadfast reminder of Hurricane Camille, and now of Hurricane Katrina to anyone walking on the sidewalk or driving East or West on the Beach Boulevard. Our guess is that as soon as it is possible to do so, the S.S. Hurricane Camille Gift Shop will reopen.
     Regarding the picture on the left..."Shrimp boats is a-comin' their sails are in sight. Shrimp boats is a-comin' there's dancin' tonight. Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home? Why don't you hurry, hurry, hurry home? Look here the shrimp boats is a-comin' there's dancin' tonight." Although the docks in the foreground have not yet been rebuilt, it can be seen that the Mississippi Gulf Coast Shrimp Boats are ready to go to back out into the Gulf of Mexico during the next season.. The jumble of concrete blocks in the foreground are part of the remains of stepped Sea Wall that was built to protect the about 30 mile long Beach Boulevard from rising and falling tidal waters.

Remains Of The President Casino

A Very Large Debris Pile

     The picture on the left shows what's left of one of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Casino barges, or floating palaces, which were moored in the water South of the Beach Boulevard. This particular floating palace was the President Casino. Not only did the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina lift it up over the beach sand, and the Beach Boulevard, but it dropped it "High and Dry" inland, North of the Beach Boulevard.
     The picture on the right shows a pile of debris, defined as rubbish, especially as results from the destruction of anything...the remains or ruins. This debris pile consists of large and small trees and chunks of concrete about 40 feet high on the North side of the Beach Boulevard, created by bulldozers and cranes. Hurricane Katrina created it's own debris piles all over the Mississippi Gulf Coast. After Katrina had passed into history, clean-up crews created large debris piles from the remains of destroyed homes and neighborhoods. Today, home and property owners are creating their own smaller debris piles out on the curb in front of their homes, to be picked up by clean-up crews later in time.

THE BLUE BACKGROUND INDICATES YOU VIEWING THIS PARTICULAR HURRICANE KATRINA PAGE

THE STORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA - TEXT

THE TRACK OF KATRINA & RADAR & SATELLITE

DESTRUCTION OF POST 119 BY KATRINA

THE GULFPORT VA CENTER AFTER KATRINA

RESIDENTIAL PICTURES PICTURES AFTER KATRINA

OTHER PICTURES ALONG THE GULF COAST

PICTURES OF BOATS FOLLOWING KATRINA

AERIAL PICTURES OF KATRINA'S DESTRUCTION

DIRECTORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA LINKS


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