Rita is now heading for my hometown of Houston. If all weren't enough already. I haven't been to Houston since I left it in 1996, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see it destroyed too. Not Galveston. Not Houston. Please head on over to the area between Beaumont and Lake Charles-there isn't as much population there. I mean, I'd feel bad for anyone who does suffer, but first my families current homes in Gulfport and Long Beach are hit by Katrina, I do not want to deal with destruction of my family homes who are still in Texas. Good grief.
And the leevees in New Orleans are failing again. As long as the Quarter is ok. And the cemeteries.
I did find another website -the USGS website, of Mississippi coastline photos. I poured over the aerial photos when they came out. Now these show the same images from a plane just above the beach. It is truly amazing.
I miss Sharkheads. I wish I had bought more stuff there. Gators-I wonder if the huge snake is ok? I never got to tour Beauvoir-pulled into the parking lot twice and decided we couldn't really afford it at the time. Shame. The Tullis-Toledano Manor home, the Grand Casino Biloxi is sitting on it now. Old Brick House is destroyed. The Hurricane Camille Memorial-seeing it just breaks my heart. Will it be rebuilt with new names added for Katrina? The SS Camille gift shop-the old Tugboat that was supposedly plopped down there by Hurricane Camille, and a gift shop was built behind it. We walked around the gift shop. I wanted Camille souvenirs(books, photos), but they were sold out that day back in October. It was pouring rain and I didn't bother to take any photos of it-I thought "I'll get it next time". The tug still lies there, the gift shop is gone. Trinity Church in Pass Christian. I took so many photos at Live Oak Cemetery across the road, but forgot the church. It is destroyed. Well, they rebuilt it after Camille, I am certain they will again. Treasure Bay-I'm not a gambler, but how can you not just LOVE seeing a Spanish Galleon ship sitting there by the beach? It just made me smile every time I saw it. My little one and I stopped by it at about 4am on our way out last October and I managed some photos of it, lit by its purple lights. Then we took a self-timer photo on the beach there. I don't take photos of myself often, but I love that one. I may post that photo-the one of Treasure Bay that is.
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