Waveland/Pass Christian – Tuesday

The amount of wind damage in this area is impressive. The water damage is catastrophic.

My heart sank as we drove close to where my parents used to have a condo along the coast. I’ve driven these roads hundreds of times – the main roads, the back roads, the shortcuts no one knows about. Nothing is left along side most of them the closer you get to the coast.



Amanda and Ed scouted out our live location before Brian and I came in. It was a backstreet near the edge of Hwy 90. (The road that takes you along the beach all the way to Biloxi). I had driven through this area many times with friends in high school and college to go to the beach or go fishing. The closer we got, the more I realized most of those memories just wouldn’t be the same.

When Brian and I finally got to the live shot location – I took a minute to walk around the block before checking in with the 530p producer. Blocks and blocks of houses were gone – vanished in an instant. The remains left behind were tubs, sinks, bricks, a/c units, power lines, etc. I did find three pictures that were left in a formation on a brick that I took a picture of….probably the only things left the owner of that house has.

There is a mobile med unit at the K-Mart in Waveland….hundreds of doctors from Wake Med, Rex, you name it – they’re helping out. It’s a great thing to see in a time like this.

Not much is open in this town – and from the looks of things it may take a while to just get the basics back. I saw one gas station that was open….everything else was pretty much shut down.

I find as this trip goes on it’s really hard to put my true thoughts down in this format. Have of me just can’t believe what I am seeing….the other half wonders if it will ever be like it was.