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| Carolyn in Camas Washington |
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Jack ~
I'm an old friend of Anglea's (went to high school together for a year+), and just got to look through your website. Not only are your photographs beautiful (I LOVE b/w photography), the images you captured of the gulf coast after Katrina are some of the best I have seen. Living in the Pacific Northwest, I have never seen the gulf coast and only got to see the initial images as we all followed it on tv. Thank you for your artistic eye and a look at what remains.
Carolyn ~
Camas, Washington
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10.16.2006 |
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Jack,
Just found your website via Steve and Erin's work on the web. Your picture of the destroyed house with the sailboat where the front porch used to be is MY house. I want to say thanks for taking the time to take these pictures and putting them on the web. A quick update: as you might expect the remnants of the house had to be torn down. Take care and best of luck.
Scott
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20:45
09.21.2006 |
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Having just gone through a few hours of the tail wind of hurricame gorden last night , I was so scared and felt very vunerable. I live in Dublin in Ireland and we would never in the past had anything like that. I was on a web site to find out more about Gordon and came accross this site. I would really like to say that here in Ireland we have never forgotton what happened to you all and the abandoment you all had was very obvious to us . It was an absolute disgrace the way you were treated and still are. It's almost like a whole civilastion was wiped out and now it's history. It must be like living in limbo or being invisable to other people outside of your state. My heart goes out to you all and I hope someday your pain and suffering will be truly acknowldged and you will get the help you need to rebuild your wonderfull world. Great web site,well done, take care and god bless.
Rosemary
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15:54
09.01.2006 |
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Thank you for the wonderful pictures. So much of what you shot is now gone, picked up and dumped where ever our lives have been deposited. As heartbreaking as they are, it is nice to have a place to come to to remember.
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10:31
09.01.2006 |
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This Katrina Memorial Book is a great idea. I haven't forgotten Katrina, even though so many other Americans outside the storm zone (I myself live in Peoria, Illinois) seem to think Katrina is old news, we should get over it, and it's time to move on. And I will never forget as long as people are dealing with Katrina's after-effects and working hard to rebuild and recover.
God help and bless everyone in Mississippi, Louisiana, and everyplace else that was touched by this catastrophe on Aug. 29, 2005. Take care and stay strong.
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21:47
08.31.2006 |
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| JAN POKK, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA |
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I was emailed the link to this site through a friend of mine from Alabama. I must say it moved me a great deal, having parents that were long-time residents of Pass Christian. The images affected me a great deal. I have fond memories of the Mississippi Coast, making many visits to my parents former home. I enjoyed bonfires on the beach, the blessings of the fleet, and shrimp jamborees in Bay St. Louis, on the grounds of my brother, Nick’s, former school, St. Stanislaus.
Sadly, I report my parents lost their beloved home on Terrace Avenue in Pass Christian, and all the contents therein. Shortly after the storm, they came to California, weary, devastated, and homeless. I will never forget that day they arrived. They stayed with me for 2 months as they began the tremendous task of trying to get their lives back in order.
The California Red Cross was very helpful to my parents in the beginning. In fact, they were the first to help. The process was slow-going. At the end of two months, they relocated to Orange Beach, Alabama where they stayed for 6 months.
Thankfully, I am happy to report that they have gone back to the Coast, although they are more inland -their previous home was 600 yards off the beach. They now live in Orange Grove in Gulfport, Mississippi. My parents were lucky – if luck is what you can call it. They had good insurance and a little - I use this term somewhat loosely - help from FEMA. They have begun the slow process of building back their lives.
My husband and I will be going to visit them at Christmas. I look forward to this. I also am sure that I will take a look at the damage done. My mother has yet to go and see where her house once stood. She simply won’t go there. It is all very sad.
But I do know this – Katrina is no match for the courage and the strength of the Coastal people of Mississippi. They will rise up again, and put their lives and communities back together. I am proud of all of them and may God Bless Each and Every One of Them!
And, Mr. Neal, hank You So Much for a wonderful site – a place to go and reflect. And Thank God for the blessing we do have.
Thank You, Sir!
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