Topic: Bay Saint Louis

In my hometown, Bay St. Louis, there is a new fire station. New affordable housing for seniors and low-income families is fast being built thanks to Habitat for Humanity volunteers and grants.. Wendy McDonald, who grew up in Bay St. Louis, left ...
On highway through the heart of Katrina country, signs of progress, and of a patchy recoveryA mother of four feels trapped in the same New Orleans public housing complex from which she was rescued when flood waters ravaged the city. Ninety miles ...
Every month the cycle continues - credit card companies keep sending bills and late payment notices, even threatening to get collection agencies involved. Then the phone calls start, calling up to 10 o'clock at night. Financial difficulty is something that a family ...
<div id="subtitle">Wildlife officials don't know if oil spill killed 20 sea turtles found along Miss. coast</div><div><p>At least 20 sea turtles have been found dead this weekend along a 30-mile stretch of Mississippi beaches from Biloxi ...
cottages built for those displaced by Katrina now condemned because of Gustav floodingIn Donnell Landtroop's state-supplied cottage, mold grows on the walls and dried mud coats the floor, the foul remnants of Gustav, the second hurricane in three years to leave ...
Gov't Proposes Buying Thousands of Homes on Miss. Coast, Using Land for Flood ProtectionThe federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane-protection zone, raising anxieties ...

Massive waves are no cinematic invention

THE 30-metre wave that swamped a 22-metre fishing boat in The Perfect Storm was no cinematic exaggeration. Hurricane Ivan created such waves in the Atlantic Ocean in 2004, according to data collected during the hurricane. Sensors in the Gulf of Mexico measured ...