This is a photo of what used to be the shore road in Bay St. Louis. As you can see the entire road is in chunks and business store fronts were removed by Katrina.

This is a picture of the only remaining house in this neighborhood in Gulfport. The home is owned by a structural engineer. Every other home within a quarter mile was destroyed. It appeared that the home only suffered some window damage. The owner certainly could educate folks how to rebuild in a hurricane prone area.

CNN was doing live remote one morning while I was on patrol in Bay St. Louis, MS. The reporter told me CNN is also planning on doing a Katrina documentary to be shown in the near future.

This picture was taken in the Purlington, MS area. Unfortunately this scene of homes completely removed from their foundations from the storm surge could be seen throughout the area.

As you traveled farther inland from the coast into Hancock County some of the homes were intact. Most of these homes were searched post storm for survivors. In this picture you can see a blaze "X" on the left side of the house with writing. This is a standard search and rescue procedure. The left side of the "X" indicates the state and what number team searched the house. The top of the "X" indicates the date the house was searched. If there were survivors or bodies that would be indicated on the right side and lower portion of the "X". As you can see this house was searched by Virginia Team 2. There are still 273 people missing.

This is a picture of another house searched by Virgina Team 2. Like the owners of this home, many of the folks show a great deal of patriotism by dispalying the flag on their property. Like many others as well, the owners paint that they are OK on the front of the home for inquiring family & friends.

This picture was taken in the Waveland, MS area. This house is located approximately 5 miles inland. With the Carolina Skiff and debris situated on the roof, it certainly gives you an idea of the height of the storm surge.

As you can see from the pictures, boats where found everywhere due to massive storm surge. This picture of a larger boat that was deposited in a cemetery in Gulfport, MS. Unfortunately many caskets were floated out of the mausoleums and a tempoary storage facility had to be established for identification and eventual return.

These large shrimp boats were lifted by the storm surge and dropped onto the railroad tracks. One shrimp boat not pictured ended up in the middle of a wooded area.

Another picture of shrimp boats in the Gulfport. MS area that were washed ashore.