A Bay St.Louis, MS beach house destroyed by Katrina. [Read more]

One of the Biloxi casinos was pushed into the Holiday Inn. [Read more]

Example of destruction in Pass Christian, MS. [Read more]

Email from Nov 13, 2005 Hello Boys & Girls, I have indeed been remiss with my communications. I generally compose long emails of great pith and moment as I drive up and down (back and forth?) Interstate 10, then by the... [view]

Email from Nov 1, 2005 Hi Boys & Girls, Since I last wrote things have improved here in BSL. There's another gas station and another bar opened up and on the way back from Pass Christian tonight I saw a restaurant open... [view]

Email from Oct 26, 2005 Good evening boys & girls, It's another beautiful, if rather cool, day on the devastated Gulf Coast. The good news is that I spent my first night in my trailer last night. After almost two... [view]

Email from Oct 23, 2005 Hello All, Things here move slowly. That's true no matter how much effort you put into them. Situations like this teach a person patience. I spent the week doing "windshield surveys" to prepare... [view]

Email sent, 10/18/05 11:30 PM Hi Boys & Girls, I had a meeting this morning with a Major from the Corps of Engineers. The Major said, “We’re bulldozer people. We just want someone to tell us what to knock down and... [view]

Email written Oct 16, 2005 Greetings from Bay St. Louis, Getting here was largely uneventful other than a bit of overweight baggage. I knew that I was headed in the right direction when I started seeing blue tarps on... [view]

Two days before I was scheduled to come down to the Gulf coast as a volunteer radio operator (I've been a ham operator since I was in high school) Peter Brink, V.P. of the National Trust for Historic Preservation called... [view]

Story of Coast Guard unit aiding in the relief efforts in Gulfport, MS, published in US Coast Guard Reservist magazine, vol 52, no. 7-05. [view]

First-hand account of a Coast Guard reservist who came to New Orleans to assist with the relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina. Published in US Coast... [view]