Word: waveland
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...estimated two million people have fled the coast, but some residents decided to wait it out, especially as forecasts shifted Gustav's landfall farther west. Monica Spurlock, manager of the Pizza Hut in Waveland, Mississippi, brushed her hair back from her eyes and gazed at the Gulf as she filled five gallon containers with gas. She said she didn't leave during Katrina, and isn't leaving this time. Her employees, however, aren't taking any chances. Only two of the 22-member crew elected to remain on call through the storm...
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...
...Best Breakfast: Waveland Cafe, 4708 University Avenue...
Paula Lane WAVELAND, MISS. As water filled the house where Lane and her friend Roy Henderson sought shelter, Henderson dived into the floodwaters and returned with a small boat that had been tied to a neighbor's tree. Clinging desperately to their tiny ark, 10 people floated to safety through the hurricane's winds. "It felt like somebody dropped nuclear bombs on us. There's a lot of dead people here. We've lost a lot of family members...
...media has chosen to ignore the plight of the cities who bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, and focus our nation's attention only on New Orleans. At Katrina's true "ground zero" are three small cities that have been nearly wiped off the map by this storm-Waveland, Bay St. Louis, and Pass Christian, Miss. How unfortunate that although the overall devastation here far exceeds that of New Orleans, media coverage of these small towns with low crime rates and peaceful communities is not considered newsworthy-or "sensational" enough-for the media to discuss. Pam Bay St. Louis, Miss...