Above:A 360-degree photo shows a rusted boat and other wreckage at Bayou Caddy, a port west of Waveland. (John Brecher / MSNBC.com)
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In the coming months, MSNBC.com will focus its coverage of the Hurricane Katrina recovery on two cities on the hard-hit Mississippi coast.
Though Bay St. Louis and Waveland are far from the media spotlight on New Orleans, the intertwined fates of the people, businesses and institutions in these towns tell the story of an entire region's struggle to recover from the most destructive storm in U.S. history.
I see today that some of the debris piles are getting smaller, except in areas like Cedar Point and Waveland, some of the hardest hit areas.
On Friday I visited Pearlington to see how the Pearlington Public Library is. You see, I am the public affairs/development officer for the Hancock County Library System. Our library system lost two branches - - Waveland and Pearlington. The Pearlington Library is currently being used as a shelter. I mean literally; there are cots inside the building where people sleep.
Throughout this whole experience I've been hearing various songs in my head that seem to have relevance. (Being a musician, I guess this is only natural.)
Of course, "Stormy Weather" pops up. "Can't go on, Everything I have is gone, Stormy Weather."
Today I woke up, got dressed, went to church, and worked endlessly in my back yard. It dragged on forever!!! (It was only two hours but still.)
It's slave labor; I don't even get paid. Even though there's no place to spend it.
I realized that I haven't really introduced my self. Hi, I'm Noah Anderson. I live in Bay Saint Louis, MS. I'm the son of two architects, John and Allison Anderson. I also have two sisters Hannah Anderson (who's also writing a blog here) and Sarah Anderson. Hannah's older and Sarah's younger.
My friend who moved to Florida came back for a month. At least I have a hot shower. Sorry make that a lukewarm shower. We have this tiny 20 gallon hot water heater. Oh well it's getting better, see ya.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Even with scores of state and federal agencies and volunteer organizations in Hancock County, all sorts of things can still fall through the cracks.
Now, some of the county's heavy hitters have organized to fill the breach.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - There's a pretty astonishing sight as you head east out of town on Highway 10. Smack between a completely gutted CVS pharmacy and a boarded-up Quizno's are the bright neon lights of Bay Discount Wine and Liquor. It's open for business, a startling beacon of commerce in an otherwise deserted and ghostly strip shopping center.
It seems, says Michael Haggard, the proprietor, that "a liquor store floats."
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