Katrina Aid Up Close
Lance from Red State Rant went last week from Atlanta down to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to go help out his friends and others there:
Sometimes you just have to go. My neighbor was born and raised in Bay St Louis Mississippi. Katrina devastated the homestead that had once housed her 7 brothers and sisters two weeks ago. When the all clear was given to go back in her husband and I made the trek out of Atlanta and to the most disturbing scene I have ever witnessed. We arrived last Wed at 9:00 AM and went through Waveland to get to Bay St Louis. Waveland is the small town that every journalist has broadcast from in MS it is where the eye wall came through but as I learned pretty quickly it wasn’t the scene of the most devastation. That was Bay St Louis; it received the unmerciful storm surge. I’ve documented the trip in some of the pictures below.
Not just pictures–a detailed account of what he saw is there, too. He also notes that which I’ve been hearing from others (including my mother, who has been going back and forth to Pascagoula to help a friend):
The churches are so much more nimble and agile at helping the community. There is no bureaucracy involved, no layers and layers of paperwork. Just food for the hungry and water for the thirsty and a kind prayer for everyone who passed through the door.
[FYI: I'll have my mother's pictures from Pascagoula up in the next couple of days, too. I'll probably be going there myself soon, as well.]
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