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Hancock County took a heavy hit from Hurricane Katrina, with cities like Pass Christian, Bay Saint Louis and Waveland almost erased from the map. Today, three years later, the county is still struggling to recover, and Gustav has dealt yet another devastating blow. County public information officer Jim Keller said this storm's impact took them by surprise. "Wind damage is at a minimum, but we've got areas with 12 to 14 feet of flooding," Keller says. "We were thinking eight or nine feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Katrina, but Gustav Still Hurt | 9/1/2008 | See Source »

...Back at the State Fair, Hobo Jim finishes and starts signing CD's. "Sarah's awesome," he tells me. "We love her here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...Friday night, and there have got to be 500 people packed into the Sluice Box, a beer-soaked clapboard honky-tonk at the Alaska State Fair - the state's biggest event all year - just down the highway from Governor Sarah Palin's hometown of Wasilla. The legendary Hobo Jim, Alaska's official state balladeer, the guy who has opened sessions of the legislature with a song, is onstage, working blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...Hobo Jim, with his old cowboy hat and very new John McCain sticker on his guitar, has the crowd dancing and drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Palin Made Her Name | 8/30/2008 | See Source »

...primary opponent, state senator Jim Mack, attacked him as a Johnny-come-lately. To counter the charge, at a candidate forum, McCain offered a decidedly pointed response. "I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the first district of Arizona, but I was doing other things," he said. "As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is McCain Overplaying the POW Card? | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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