From our current house in Florida we
are moving about 6 hours west – to Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
Did I just really sat that? We are going to live in Mississippi?
And in an area that was totally devastated by Katrina? In a word –
yes. We found this really cute house on a canal that leads to the
Jourdan River and on out to the Bay. We have a small dock and hope
to get a pontoon boat for cruising and fishing. We are close to
miles and miles of beaches, good fishing, casinos, and only a 1 hour
drive to New Orleans. We can go to NO for dinner – or whatever!
The area is great. It is really coming
back from Katrina – which was 7 years ago this coming August. When
Katrina is mentioned most people think of New Orleans. I guess
because it is more heavily populated and more people know about it –
that is where all the news was reported from.
Bay St. Louis is where Katrina made
landfall and this entire part of Mississippi from Ocean Springs to
the east to the Pearl River on the west was wiped slick. If you go
back and look at satellite pictures – there was nothing left here
for miles and miles. Pretty much everything south of I-10 was gone.
Just gone. There was a 27' storm surge and where we are buying the
surge pushed up through the bay and came in from the north. A couple
of miles to our south is a Kmart. Picture, in your mind, a Kmart
sign on a pole and how high above the ground that sign would be. Now
picture water at the bottom of that sign – that is how high the
water was. We are betting that it won't happen again. And if it
does – we will deal with it. Just as our friends in Oklahoma deal
with tornadoes and massive hail storms or our friends in the
Northeast deal with blizzards, or people who live close to the
Mississippi River deal with massive flooding in some years.
So farewell for now dear friends. We
have much work to do to get moved.
And once again – thanks for sharing
our travels with us.
3 comments:
I have really enjoyed your summer blogs Shelley! I wish you the best of luck in your move, it sounds like your moving to an area that is filled with good fun and fun. How about a "moving blog"? :)
Blog about packing boxes!
Blog about packing boxes. I can think of NOTHING more exciting! And since you probably cannot handle that much excitement I think I'll skip it - only because I have your best interests in mind. However, if anything out of the ordinary happens I'll be sure to keep everyone informed.
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