Images From Coastal Mississippi

September 6, 2005, 12:30 pm
Posted by James Spann in Tropical Weather
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These images were sent to us by Ed Pegues, who is part of the Alabama Heavy Rescue Team No. 5, which is also Hoover Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team that is located at station 4 on Municipal Drive in Hoover.  They were activated last week to go down to southern Mississippi to help in search and rescue efforts from Hurricane Katrina. They were in Waveland, Mississippi for six days searching in that town and the outskirts of Waveland in some of the rural areas.  One third of the team came home on Saturday and next third came home yesterday.






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Posted by   www
on September 6, 2005, 3:13 pm
That looks so much like the F5 from April 8th..those poor folks. Thanks for some info on somewhere besides NO. I can't begin to fathom what these folks are going thru..my heart and prayers certainly go out to them...so sad.

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on September 6, 2005, 5:11 pm
wow.. that tree looks like it was just snatched up and tossed. it amazes me that people actually survived this thing. thanks for the MS coverage. i have family there. my sister lived in gulfport for a few years, and said herself she probably would NOT have evacuated. so thankful she was transfered to Jackson, but sad because she cannot find her friends who live on the MS coast.

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on September 6, 2005, 6:05 pm
It was hard to believe that people not even a mile inland rode out the storm and survived. We stopped to talk to a lady and her 14 year old son. They moved into their home on Thursday before the storm and spent 4 hours in their attic while the storm was coming ashore. We also searched an area close to a fishing camp neighborhood. The homes in a small inlet were on stilts, then add a two story home on top of that (maybe 3 stories), the water line from the storm surge was on the second story close to the ceiling. So you are looking at maybe 28-30 foot of water from the storm surge. Across the street from that home, a neighborhood had at least 18-20 inches of muck, sludge, or chocolate pudding consistancy mud coated the ground. We heard so many stories from people who stayed. We had one report of a white steer was on top of a two story home. I never did hear how they got him off of the roof.

We stayed in the 84 Lumber parking lot. 84 Lumber officals were nice enough to let us establish our "camp" for the week. We felt good about staying there because of the fence surrounding the property. On the other side of the fence there was a small pond or stream separating us from a gas station where another Alabama team stayed. during the night one of the firefighters shined a flashlight in the parking lot and noticed a pair of red eyes. After further investigation it ended up to be a 9 foot aligator. He was put down by law enforcement and hauled away next morning.



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on September 6, 2005, 7:58 pm
That reminds me of the F5 that hit Oak Grove, only on a much larger scale.

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Posted by Paul  
on September 6, 2005, 8:56 pm
Wow,just think of how many hurricane seasons that big ole oak lived thrue.

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