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The following picture was
taken from the third story balcony of Saint Stanisiaus College located
next door to our Lady of the Gulf church in Bay St. Louis Mississippi
on the morning of August 29, 2005. This is believed to be the initial
tidal waves from Hurricane Katrina. The tidal wave was approximately 35
to 40 ft. high when it slammed into the beachfront communities of Bay
St. Louis and Waveland Mississippi to completely destroy 99 percent of
every structure along the beach for 9 mi. and over 9 mi. inland. The
destruction only started there. The flooding continued inland
destroying all but 35 homes in these two communities of approximately
14,000 people |
