GCN Recovery News Report

GCN Recovery News Report: "Homeowners with elevated structures who lived inside the federally designated flood zone when Hurricane Katrina struck August 29, 2005, may qualify for up to $150,000 in federal grant funding through Mississippi’s Homeowner Assistance Program, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) officials report."

You know "Yall" it's very bad on the Coast. Sure more people have been sheltered but we can't seem to get back to normal because of all the things that continue to happen. Honestly, that's why I have not been blogging. I am taking care of constant problems. We have been hearing all this hype about global warming and our past two winters have been frigid down south. The rainfall has been perfuse and often. The ground can't handle the excess and flooding looms. My back porch is taking on water as it seeps under the baseboards. Has anyone thought about how all the water from Katrina washed our underlying soil out and shifted the way our property once was? My backyard is now flooded after each rain and it stays for days. The fence at the side of my house that the neighbor put up. with no regards, is contributing to flooding my front yard Earlier, I said he had moved but he is back.


We have had many deaths in our area since Katrina. The older people are dying at least ten years before they should. Accidents are taking an alarming percentage of people. the young and old. There are many murders, robberies and a general desperation among the citizens permeates the air. Late last evening there were sounds of sirens everywhere in Moss Point. I heard explosions but had to wait until this morning to find out what happened. It was a big fire in a warehouse that took six hours to contain. The explosions were gas lines. I shivered when I heard that they weren't sure how widespread the explosions could have been. My house is heated by gas.

Television has always been the most prevalent way to entertainment. Now it is so full of filth that it makes an "old timer" like me blush I try to watch the candidates as they vie to be a nominee for the presidency and find most of them without dignity. They don't have to dredge up scandals on one another as their own actions and beliefs are enough to make a "nay" decision on. Most of the candidates seeking to be nominated offer, to me anyway, no hope for a better America. How can they? Condoning taking a life in the womb says we will be giving the right to kill the old or the infirmed. Terry Schiavo as an example was something that I thought would never happen in America. There is no substance to what they say. Personally, I think for Obama it is to be the first black elected as President or Hilliary as the first female elected as President.

I just gave you a synopsis on what is going on in my area and a few of my thoughts and now it is time to get ready for the next round of RAIN.

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Officials Report Release At Mississippi Chemical

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Officials Report Release At Mississippi Chemical

Work continues on condo units in Pascagoula, Mississippi

For Mary, My Daughter

Thank you very much for the beautiful Valentine. What could be more perfect than the yellow rose? I have put a couple of pictures on for you to see them.

Wishing you and yours a Happy Valentine's Day with love from me.

I don't mean to be presumptuous but surely a couple of you must have wondered what happened to me. Am I right? I sure hope so. For quite some time, you could visit my blog and "bingo" there I was. I took many pictures of destruction, construction and sometimes I had pictures of my grandkids... then I just stopped or so it seemed. Let me tell you a little about myself. I am one of those people that whatever I am doing will be done with gusto for a considerable amount of time and then, a time comes, when I will start searching for another endeavor that interests me. In my earlier years, I taught myself to sew and I made clothes for my children and myself. I sewed "habits" for two nuns at a Catholic school. I entered crocheted afghans in our local fairs and won blue ribbons. I have written poetry and I play the piano. I don't do any of the aforementioned anymore except the piano. Writing about Katrina was, by far, my most favorite. I will still put a picture on every now and then but I think that there is nothing more that I can say on the subject that hasn't already been said.

My daughter has been working on my bathroom whenever she has the time to spare. It's a small area (less than 4ft. from counter to bathtub). and today the counter was completed. I call the statue my Grecian Lady.



Any of you notice that when we clean something up that we aren't as comfortable as we were? I don't mind admitting that my hair has help staying dark and I color it myself, not caring at all if I messed up the old decor. So today was time to give nature a helping hand and I thought how am I to do this in a freshly painted pastel bathroom? When my daughter, Anita, saw the picture I sent her she said that it was so nice when she left my house and that now it looked like the back of a gypsy's wagon. What do you think? "smile"

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Who Nuked Mississippi? - Part One

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Who Nuked Mississippi? - Part One: "Elementary school children from the late 1950s and early 60s will remember the civil defense film called 'Duck and Cover.'"

Ash Wednesday marks beginning of 40-day period of reflection, fasting

Ash Wednesday marks beginning of 40-day period of reflection, fasting: "The sanctuary at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Quinn Drive in Pascagoula typically is packed for both Ash Wednesday services, which are expected to draw more than 1,000 people to the Pascagoula church, said Father Michael Kelleher."

SunHerald.com : Tornadoes rip through South, killing 44

SunHerald.com : Tornadoes rip through South, killing 44: "ATKINS, Ark. --
Authorities went door-to-door early Wednesday searching for more victims of deadly tornadoes that ripped the roof off a shopping mall, pummeled mobile homes and blew apart warehouses as they tore across four states. At least 44 people were reported dead throughout the South."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Volunteers Catch Fat Tuesday Fever In Biloxi

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Volunteers Catch Fat Tuesday Fever In Biloxi: "The Fat Tuesday fun is a new experience for the 17 Habitat for Humanity volunteers. It didn't take the first-timers long to catch the Mardi Gras spirit at the GCCA parade. They are used to holding hammers, not grabbing beads."

Still Building or Repairing

Pascagoula Post Office

Beach House

Corner of Washington Avenue

House on Washington Avenue

Navy Secretary Names Submarine After State of Mississippi

Navy Secretary Names Submarine After State of Mississippi: "WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced today that a new Virginia class submarine will be named the USS Mississippi, following a public request by Rep. Gene Taylor that the secretary name a ship after the state."