Hurricane Katrina BLOG

Last Updated Sunday, February 26, 2006 06:55 PM

• 12/28/2005 - It has come time to lay this BLOG to rest for awhile. Big changes have become few and far between. I will continue to post hurricane related articles along with the usual news on the Island Mullet Wrapper. The two things that stand out in my mind right now are that the Wets End Check Point has been taken down and that the Marina has begun to rebuild the boat storage warehouse. Other than that we are still missing the food at the Sea Food Galley and many of our friends that have had to leave the Island to find jobs and housing. We will continue to strive to do our best to keep you up to date on the on going progress of our beloved Island.

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• 11/23 - Highlights of the November POA Board Meeting

• 11/22 - Island restoration advocates shift debate
  When Hurricane Katrina's storm surge dramatically shifted this barrier island's western end northward and destroyed about 200 houses there, it also changed the debate over whether and how the island's beach should be saved.

• 11/18
  • TROPICAL STORM GAMMA FORMS...
    
  • TRACKS SHOWS POSSIBLE S. FLORIDA HIT...

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• 11/12 - Boy it has been awhile since I did an update. Mainly because there is not much going on but also because deer season has begun and me and the boy have been humping the boonies. We have finally demolished most of the office. The plans are at the architect and there is some momentum.

  • FEMA halts removal of beached vessels
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week blocked federal contractors on the Gulf Coast from removing hundreds of uninsured boats that remain beached from Alabama to Louisiana by Hurricane Katrina.
    
  • Riley: Let states lead hurricane response
    WASHINGTON -- Alabama could use more federal money and more flexibility when spending it to confront natural disasters, Gov. Bob Riley told a congressional committee Wednesday.
    
  • D-Day Museum survives adversity
    The words on the back of the T-shirts worn by the National D-Day Museum volunteers here Friday proclaimed: "Never Give In. Never Give In."
    

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  • Dauphin Island-Fort Morgan ferry to be out another month
    Ten weeks after Hurricane Katrina partially sank the Dauphin Island-Fort Morgan ferry, workers have finished repairing all that the storm had broken, but the vessel will not return to service for at least another month, officials with the company that operates the state-owned boat said Thursday.
    
  • Officials to testify to Congress about Katrina response
    Gov. Bob Riley, the state emergency management director and the heads of the Mobile and Baldwin County emergency management agencies have been asked to testify Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating response to Hurricane Katrina.

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• 11/3 - Cyber Apathy has set in again. There is really nothing new to report on the Island's Progress. If things do not change I am going to start making crap up!

• FEMA to close office, open another
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Recovery Center at the Mobile Civic Center will close Friday, the same day a new center will open on Dauphin Island, FEMA officials said
• Compassion from far away for Bayou victims
  Fifth-grader Samantha Byrd is probably one of the few students at her Alaska school who has ever seen the Gulf Coast or been to Alabama.
• Carnival defends Katrina deal
  WASHINGTON -- Defending a controversial deal to place Hurricane Katrina evacuees on luxury liners, a Carnival Cruise Lines executive told a congressional committee Wednesday that the contracts were competitively bid and the company had to bump more than 120,000 paying passengers and refund their fares.
• 'Katrina Cough' Lingers in the Wake of Hurricane...

 

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• October 30th - Here are the pictures I have been promising. Beth did not have to beat me too hard. I plan to publish some picture from Halloween on Tuesday. We are going to be pulling the kids around in a hayrack. 
  • SBA extends deadline for low-interest disaster loans
    The U.S. Small Business Administration extended its deadline to apply for low-interest disaster loans to Jan. 11, 2006, the organization announced Saturday.
  • Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo set to make its post-Ivan return
    GULF SHORES -- For the first time since Hurricane Ivan struck in September of last year, the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo will reopen Friday
  • Medieval society recreated at Fort Gaines
    DAUPHIN ISLAND -- Walking into Fort Gaines, known for its Civil War battles, on Saturday felt more like entering the era owned by medieval knights and ladies.
  • Trailers take in storm's displaced
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- Lisa Powell held wiggling, 6-year-old Cane on her hip, her son born with Down's syndrome and recently diagnosed with leukemia.
  • Post-Katrina trip brings 8 jobs after 'bad seeds' act up
    The bus trip that took more than 50 people from Mobile to New Orleans to seek jobs resulted in about eight deciding to work there, according to state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures.
    

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• October 29th - Sorry about the promised pics. Beth forgot that I was going to be in woods this weekend. She should be able to choke me into doing it Sunday.
  • Bayou La Batre to tear down storm-damaged police station
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- City officials said a contractor next week plans to begin tearing down the city's abandoned police station and jail, a building that has been unoccupied since Hurricane Ivan flooded it last year.
  • Wildlife Refuge beaches reopen
    The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Thursday that it has reopened its Mobile Street beach access at the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge for the first time since Hurricane Katrina struck in late August.
  • Beta heads for Central America
    Tropical Storm Beta is the latest named system to trouble the Atlantic Basin waters during a historic hurricane season that could still spit out additional storms before all is said and done.
  •  Storm fraud reports under investigation
    Federal, state and local law enforcement authorities are investigating reports that between 70 and 100 people from rural Wilcox County may have fraudulently received close to $180,000 in disaster aid after Hurricane Katrina.
  • Troopers pour into county
    An Alabama State Trooper spokesman said 30 additional troopers have been brought in from other areas of the state to patrol Mobile County because of its high rate of traffic deaths.

     

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• October 26th -  Beth wrote this update so it will most likely make sense and look like it wasn't written by a idiot (me).
  •  Debris pick up announced. From Pensacola St to St Stephens, put debris out now then will begin pick up on Oct 30. For St Stephens west, will start pick up 10/31; all pick up will be complete November 23.  They will not pick up demolition debris or non storm related, separate piles for building materials & appliances. Unlike after Ivan, no condemned structures placed on right of way will be picked up.  

  • Just got phone & electricity at temp office, number is same 251-861-3992.  You can still use Beth's cell phone whenever, it is 251-454-1817. Hours little irregular still due to meeting adjusters, etc usually there 10-3, then go home to do computer work (our kitchen table may never be the same).   

  • West end looked really good today, low tide revealed some new sandbars and build up on Gulf side; several homes have gained between 5-10 ft of sand. On Strand Ct for example, saw beachfront pilings totally out of water for the first time.  Coast line from 2400 block to Strand Ct has gotten that zigzag edge it gets when sand is building up, took some pictures and will try to post them by the weekend. Don’t expect miracles and remember that as a beach builds you gain a foot one day and lose half a foot the next, but it was very nice to see some improvement, and those small areas of added sand will help catch more sand if Mother Nature doesn’t screw it up.  

  • Many of you are on hold for water & electricity, which can be frustrating.  Electricity has made it to St Stephens with some lines strung farther on Bienville, but not hooked up yet.  Water has been restored to North side down to St Stephens, and they are currently working in the “P” streets on south side of Bienville, plan is to have south side done to St Stephens by Novembers end. They will then pick back up working west from St Stephens starting on the north side of Bienville. All side streets up to St Stephens have been cleared of sand.  

  • Remember to check your insurance policies on properties more than 50% damaged for ICC (increased cost of compliance) usually around $30,000.00 coverage depending on your policy and designed to cover the expense of replacing pilings, windows, elevation at newer building code.  Do not count on your adjusters to tell you what you are eligible for, read your policy and when in doubt ask.  

   

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• October 25th - The Corps of Engineers contactor has remove the majority of sand around our parking lot.....SWEET!!!!
  • Hurricane Victims Headed Back To Work The Sea Pearl Seafood processing company in Bayou La Batre is now open.
  • Alligator farm returning to life  It's regrouping after Hurricane Katrina

     

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• October 22nd - Please keep your eye on Wilma. Expect higher tidal levels and possible high water. On the West End  debris can be placed on the right of way from Pensacola to St Stephens for removal will start on Monday 10/24. Pick up will begin on 10/4. Three passes will be made 7 days apart. From St Stephens pickup will begin on 10/31 in the same manner. Removal has ended on the east end. Debris may only storm related debris but demolition debris will me removed.
  • Hurricane Katrina could affect shrimp tariff handouts
    Hurricane Katrina may deny some Gulf Coast shrimp fishermen and processors the spoils of a hard-fought battle that won tariffs against cheap imported shrimp.
  • At least 85,000 in county apply for aid
    MOBILE -- When Hurricane Katrina knocked out power to Lakeshia Watson's public housing apartment, she opened a window.
  • We are now back publishing non-hurricane related news on the Island Mullet Wrapper. Check it out! The BLOG will continue for some time still. If you you have any suggestions on things to cover please let us know.

     

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• October 20th - All side streets from Ponce de Leon to St Dennis clear of sand and passable by regular car.  Power company today stringing new lines on Mallard Ct, and water department working near Ponchatrain Ct today digging up and laying new sewer lines, SIS was on Quebec Ct trying to find any remaining lines and blow them free of sand.

   

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• Flooding this am on south side on Bienville from 2300 Bienville to 2440 Bienville not scary bad, just accumulation where there depressions between waves and road
  • Bayou ballpark leveled for FEMA trailers
    Many parents in Bayou La Batre are complaining that the city needlessly tore down their youth baseball and football field, Zirlott Park, to install 100 travel trailers for displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina.
    

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• October 18th - Piles of sifted sand that are beginning to accumulate. Where it I do not know.
  • Trash pickup gets full funding
    The federal government will pay the entire cost of Hurricane Katrina debris removal that is managed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Mobile County, even if the waste is not picked up by Oct. 28, officials said.
  • Campaign passes $500,000 mark
    Donations to the Mobile Register's Neediest Families campaign to assist Hurricane Katrina victims in Mobile and Baldwin counties surpassed the $500,000 mark Monday.

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• October 17th - no luck hunting....... The gas rig is now gone. It left last week. the Bienville is still not passable for 2WD cars much past Bienville. Florence PD is leaving this week.
  • Family seeks new housing
    When the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina flooded their home by the Dog River on the morning of Aug. 29, Fred and Elizabeth Smiley and their four children escaped in their truck
  • Mobile area revamping hurricane evacuation plans
    Spurred in part by seeing thousands of New Orleans residents stranded after Hurricane Katrina, emergency management directors in Mobile and Baldwin counties said they're writing detailed evacuation plans instead of relying on the limited ones they have now.
  • Birdfest begins Thursday
    The fall migration is hitting full stride this week, with millions of warblers, hummingbirds, ducks, white pelicans and other species coursing through the area, according to state officials.
    FEMA seeks temporary employees
    The Federal Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security will be hiring temporary workers to support the delivery of services to victims of Hurricane Katrina and needs individuals to fill the following types of positions in the Gulf Coast area:

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• October 14th - New info is coming slower and slower. It feels like pulling teeth at times. I understand why we have to jump through all of the hoops but is is tiresome. The reason why is in the past, especially after Georges, un-named contractors and land owners did things like build without permits, stole sand from neighbors, built illegal piers, looted........ that kind of stuff. Saturday is opening day for bow season so Josh and I will be in the woods until Monday so no updates. 
  • Bayou residents are facing Catch-22
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- City inspectors left about 20 homes that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in a sort of limbo Thursday, sparing them from condemnation but denying their owners permits to rebuild.
  • Teachers in tears as they discuss Katrina
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Henry Johnson said he was "a little surprised" by the show of emotion by Mobile County teach ers and principals during a tearful meeting Thursday about the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina.
  • Bayou seafood business resumes
    The owners of Bayou La Batre's two large seafood processing plants predicted Wednesday that they would operate at near-full capacity by the end of October, two months after Hurricane Katrina pounded open the businesses, swept away their peeling machines and left filth and stench behind.

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• Oct 7th- Misc. updates

  • Water should be turned on to those houses on the North side of Bienville done to St. Stephens by the end of next week.
  • Water to the P, R and S Courts South of Bienville should be turned on by the end of November.
  • The roads on the West End should be completely cleared 75' on either side of the right away and gravel filled in the bad spots by the end of December. Paving will take place at a later date.

• Oct 6th - DOT had made all of the asphalt repairs to Hwy 193 (aka the causeway) and were busy working on the rock that back fills the sea wall. Our new office of sorts will arrive tomorrow . We bought a used camper to place on site during construction. We had to choose th
  • Former President Clinton visits bayou
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- Former President Clinton visited Alabama's storm-battered bayou community Wednesday, bringing his trademark charm and looking for ways to spend the $100 million he and former President Bush have raised for Hurricane Katrina relief.
  • Officials say they're unsure when Bay ferry will return
    State transportation officials said Wednesday that they are uncertain when they will have the Dauphin Island-Fort Morgan ferry, which was partially sunk by Hurricane Katrina, back in service. PICTURE
  • Isle Dauphine renovation proposed
    Former LPGA star Jan Stephenson is trying to convince the Dauphin Island Property Owners' Association to allow her to give Isle Dauphine Country Club an $8-10 million makeover and add 130 golf vil las in what would be her latest project in the Alabama Gulf Coast region. PICTURE

     

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• Oct 4 - 
  • Bayou has building plans to keep residents in town
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- In an effort to keep hurricane-battered taxpayers from leaving town, Bayou La Batre plans to borrow federal money to buy property in the city limits, build subdivisions and help offer low-interest mortgages for single-family homes.
  • Flags mark homes of hurricane riders
    One day after Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf Coast, Eric Orgeron watched rescue workers on TV search door-to-door for survivors and casualties.

   

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• Oct 2 - Josh and I rode on the 4 wheeler down to the West end last night. After Rita most of you know that sand once again covered Bienville. The contractors have cleared off the pavement BUT the temporary repairs are no more.  A two wheel drive car can make it to about 2100 Bienville where there is a highly rutted patch of sand that is about 200 yards long. After that Bienville is clear down to Vaca Court.  Past there I did not want to try so close to dark. There also is a sand sifter located at St. Stephens and Bienville; I assume the may be preparing to put some sand back out on the South Side..... who knows. Well we will continue our never ending quest to gather nuggets of information to share with you, our extend family. As I close for tonight take a look at the view we had this evening.
  • Poll: Many evacuees may stay for good
    One out of every five households in Mobile and Baldwin counties has hosted hurricane evacuees, and almost half of those evacuees may choose to stay here, the results of a Mobile Register-University of South Alabama poll suggest.
  • Trying times on the bayou
    As rain drummed on the double-wide trailer held high on tall cinder block columns, Evelyn Nelson sat in the gloom beneath it, holding her head in her hands and trying not to cry.
  • The pet equation
    All along the Gulf Coast, many people who didn't evacuate for Hurricane Katrina say they stayed because of their pets.
    

• Oct 1
  • Gulf Coast Zoo goes prime-time
    GULF SHORES -- As the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo prepares for a fall reopening, the 300 animals and staff of about 17 are readying for a new role -- that of prime-time television stars.
  • 'Little basilica' to be restored
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- The contractor repairing Bayou La Batre's flood-damaged St. Margaret Catholic Church assured church officials Friday that he would fix all that Hurricane Katrina had broken -- and at what some are calling a bargain price.

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• Sept 30 - Today a church group from Kentucky came to the school today to deliver a back pack of school supplies to all the children. The children who lost their houses were given toys and clothing. We have had some renters offer money to give to families in need on the Island. I have talked to the principal and she is going to help me target families in need as funds come in. Also I would like to look forward to the children's' needs at Christmas. Details will be coming soon for that.

  I just went done to the west end. Travel past St Stephens has become difficult without a 4WD. Be careful.

   

  • Hurricane write-offs explained
    The Hurricane Katrina tax relief bill passed last week by Congress makes it easier for coastal residents to receive tax write-offs for out-of-pocket costs for storm damage.
  • Storm damage elsewhere raises value of Alabama oysters
    Thanks to this year's hurricanes, Alabama oysters are worth almost three times as much as they were last year. And the price may go higher this fall.
  • FBI hotline created for Katrina fraud
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation has set up a telephone hotline and e-mail address to receive reports of any kind of fraud involving Hurricane Katrina.
  • NWS Report on Hurricane Katrina Peak Winds, Pressure, and Storm Surge...
    

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• Sept 29 - 
  • Things to Remember as we Rebuild Dauphin Island
  • Some questions still unanswered after meeting to discuss relief
    Local authorities lost patience briefly Wednesday night at a more than three-hour-long hurricane-relief meeting where answers to the questions of hard-hit south Mobile County residents were generic at best.
  • Insurance woes follow the storm
    First came the hurricane. Now, for many homeowners, come the insurance disputes.
  • A Trek to the West End It's been thirty days since Katrina blew through Dauphin Island

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• Sept 28 - 
  • FEMA approves $4 million for berm
    Dauphin Island -- besieged again this year by beach erosion during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita -- will receive $4 million in federal dollars to rebuild the sand
  • Hurricanes turn rigs into wrecking balls
    The recent spate of hurricanes has exposed what some engineers believe may be the weakest link in the Gulf of Mexico's energy production infrastructure: 30-million-pound mobile drilling rigs that were never designed to stay put even in moderate hurricanes, and that careen through the region's densely developed offshore oil and gas fields when knocked adrift.
  • Use of military in disasters examined
    WASHINGTON -- Congress needs to "look carefully" at President Bush's proposal to expand the military's role in confronting natural disasters, the head of a key Senate committee told reporters Tuesday.
  • Van strikes five in line to receive food stamps
    Five people waiting in line for hurricane-relief food stamps at the Mobile Civic Center were injured Tuesday when a van spun out of control and backed into the crowd, police said.
    

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• Sept 27 -I got down to the west end today. There is still a fair amount of water here and there. Road clearing has stopped at the 2100 block of Bienville Blvd. Contractors were clearing the court streets in the "R"s. I am not sure of the schedule of clearing Bienville past 2100. Here are some pictures I took today.
  • Katrina focus of public meeting
    The Mobile County Emergency Management Agency plans to hold an informational public meeting in Irvington on Wednesday for citizens of south Mobile County affected by Hurricane Katrina.
  • Dauphin Island to Rebuild Berm - The fragile berm has struggled through many storms
  • Katrina's pets - Local shelter works to find homes for them

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• Sept 26 - The causeway has returned back to the post Katrina state (not bad). Beth only went as far as the office today but noticed a great number of trucks and other equipment heading west. 
  • Alabama raises bar for county EMA chiefs
    MONTGOMERY -- For years, the qualifications to run a county's emergency response in Alabama have been simple.
  • Carnival ships to return to New Orleans
    Mobile won't host three cruise ships, after all, the harbormaster said Saturday.
  • Rita spares weary Bayou residents
    On Saturday, Kim and Felicia Douglass walked across the back porch of their Wintzell Avenue home, tending to household items wrecked by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. Then stepped down into their yard, which was wet and spongy from the fresh rain of Hurricane Rita.

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• Sept 24 - The causeway opened this morning at 10 am after the Town came across the bridge to do DOT's job of cleaning off the debris. I have both a picture and a video (17 mb mpeg) of the causeway from this morning. It looks like the causeway my be one lane until the DOT can fix some of the temporary fixes.
  • From the USGS Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies: Before and After Photo Comparisons: Dauphin Island
  • How a Hurricane Shifts Natural Processes Into Fast-Forward  This article is from the New York TImes and is very good and it is free but...... you have to sign up to read it. 
  • Area Red Cross shelters welcome evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita
    About 100 people fleeing from Hurricane Rita joined Hurricane Katrina evacuees Thursday and Friday in American Red Cross shelters in Mobile and Baldwin counties, officials reported.
  • Some in Bayou 'out of patience' with FEMA
    Hundreds of residents remained in tents or makeshift shelters Friday as cloud bands from Hurricane Rita dumped periodic showers on this flood-spoiled town, raising worries and anger among those who felt left behind by federal aid.
  • Fox 10 News Aerial Footage From Hurricane Katrina
    

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• Sept 23 - While I headed to work at 6 this morning I found the causeway littered with rock, debris and water. (sorry for the bad picture but it shows a little). It was difficult to pass and it caused school on the Island to be cancelled . Travel was reduced to one lane during daylight. Do any of you feel like you are being tested some how? I know I do!
  • Area braces for some flooding
    DAUPHIN ISLAND -- As officials on this barrier island and in Bayou La Batre closely monitored Hurricane Rita's movements across the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, residents in south Mobile County continued their struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
  • Evacuee cruise ships headed for Mobile
    The Carnival ships Ecstasy and Sensation left New Orleans for Mobile on Thursday, in hopes of finding a safe haven to ride out the fury of Hurricane Rita, cruise officials said.
  • TV WEATHERMAN QUITS TO PURSUE HURRICANE 'CONSPIRACY THEORY'... Stevens has been in newspapers across the country where he was quoted in an Associated Press story as saying the Yakuza Mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.

• Sept 22 - the water has been rising covering Bienville starting at the S Curve by St Dennis. I expect more to come before this is all over.
  • Bayou to restore power to all
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- Saying that the federal aid process is leaving Bayou residents in the dark for too long, Mayor Stan Wright said Wednesday that the city will now return power to all residents -- even those whose homes may be unsafe because floodwaters invaded their wiring.
    

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• Sept 21 - Well the flooding I warned about yesterday has begun. I took some pictures. FEMA Contractors have also began to do debris removal. My dear sweet bride Beth bravely attended tonight's FEMA Public and lovingly create a summary of what was discussed. 
  • Experts: Rita may hit Cat 4
    The Texas coast could be the next in line to get slammed by a major hurricane as Hurricane Rita powers up and heads across the Gulf of Mexico if forecasts stay on track.
  • Offshore rigs not built to handle strongest storms
    In the days after Katrina, as hundreds of oil-producing platforms remained off line -- and some continued to leave a conspicuous trail of petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico -- federal officials insisted to Congress that they were doing everything they could to make this critical infrastructure stable during hurricanes, designing platforms to withstand Category 5 storms.
  • Bayou dreams
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- Floodwaters didn't drown dreams of condos and coffee
  • EMERGENCY FOOD STAMPS
    The Department of Human Resources will begin taking applications for the emergency relief Food Stamp program starting Friday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mobile Civic Center. Applicants should show up on the day that corresponds with the first initial of their last name.
  • Rita expected to roil local waters
    A high surf advisory is in effect today through Saturday as Hurricane Rita crosses the Gulf of Mexico well south of Mobile

• September 20 - Please keep your eye on Rita. Expect higher tidal levels and possible high water.
  • Death in Biloxi: 'Free spirit' defiant to the end
    Scotty Neal Michael said it to his family and to a television camera -- this Katrina thing was overrated.
  • Bayou officials prepare for possible evacuation
    BAYOU LA BATRE -- City officials said Monday that, should Tropical Storm Rita become a hurricane and threaten this already flood-ravaged waterfront town, police will see that buses evacuate families from flood-prone areas, many of whom are living in tents and have no cars.
  • Cruise leaders seek answers
    Mobile officials linked to the cruise industry have launched an effort to find out who is responsible for deciding how the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Holiday will be used in the hurricane housing effort
  • Salvation Army plans to leave Civic Center today
    Today is the last day that The Salvation Army will offer hurricane assistance at the Mobile Civic Center, although other relief agencies will remain in place there providing help.
    

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• September 18 - Every thing is getting better day by day. There is a meeting with FEMA Wednesday at 6 pm at Town Hall. There will be info related to the different relief services. I would seriously doubt that there will be any information on beach/berm related things. We will go to the meeting and post the Cliff Notes here. To ease the life of the adjusters and contractors you may consider making a sign especially if you are missing your address numbers or missing a house. We are in a holding pattern until our adjusters cut a check. We are filling the condos we manage and hoping some of the least damage house are back on line before turkey time. Patience is a virtue I am slowly loosing.
  • Disaster illustrates churches' new role
    While some traditional disaster responders have been faulted for their pace in the face of Hurricane Katrina, many religious organizations in Mobile and Baldwin counties have quickly welcomed, clothed and fed thousands of storm victims.
  • Disaster illustrates churches' new role
    While some traditional disaster responders have been faulted for their pace in the face of Hurricane Katrina, many religious organizations in Mobile and Baldwin counties have quickly welcomed, clothed and fed thousands of storm victims.
  • Volunteers scour state coastline in scaled-down cleanup effort
    Families, clubs and other volunteers rolled up their sleeves Saturday morning and collected an estimated 14,300 pounds of trash along miles of Alabama coastline and waterways as part of the 18th annual Coastal Cleanup.

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