Monthly Archives: August 2005

Mississippi Press Online

By | August 31, 2005

A commenter on one of my other posts pointed out that a PDF version of the newest issue of the Mississippi Press can be downloaded from gulflive.com. There are a lot of sad photos and stories in it. It looks like Ocean Springs got hit really bad. Most of the dozen or so casinos on… Read More »

Katrina Video

By | August 30, 2005

The WLOX website now has aerial video of the massive destruction in Biloxi and Gulfport. Downtown Biloxi is almost a total loss. The few buildings that are left standing appear to be in very bad shape. The main bridge between Biloxi and Ocean Springs is mostly destroyed. A few sections near the drawbridge survived and… Read More »

Katrina Photo Sources

By | August 30, 2005

Katrina tag on Flickr Katrina clusters on Flickr There are links to slideshows are on the Sun Herald news page Yahoo News slideshow – link is in left column Clarion-Ledger 9/6/05 Clarion-Ledger 9/7/05 Clarion-Ledger 9/8/05 Clarion-Ledger 9/14/05 Clarion-Ledger 9/19/05 Clarion-Ledger 9/22/05 Clarion-Ledger 10/4/05 All Clarion-Ledger photos

Katrina Update

By | August 30, 2005

Updates from friends: Most houses and buildings that were on Hwy. 90 in Biloxi are gone, such as the Dantzler House and Church of the Redeemer President Casino at the Broadwater is only a barge, and it’s sitting in the parking lot of the Coliseum down the road Update: The President casino mostly survived, at… Read More »

Katrina

By | August 29, 2005

The only really good news I have about the hurricane is that my mother made it through okay by going to east Mobile with some friends. Hopefully, her house back in Biloxi is still standing with minimal damage. The photo of this McDonald’s is haunting. This picture was taken at the south end of Edgewater… Read More »

Ajax Investment in US Soccer

By | August 23, 2005

Tomorrow, Ajax America will announce that they are considering investing in either the San Jose Earthquakes or the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer here in the US. Ajax is interested only in a supporting investment position, so both teams are still looking for lead investors. Having Ajax as part owners of the Earthquakes… Read More »

Riverfood

By | August 23, 2005

Forget seafood, eat riverfood. My brother-in-law and I caught these two brook trout (and a couple other brook and brown trout we released) in the South Yuba River a couple hundred yards from our cabin this past June. They made a fine dinner that night for my wife and me. The South Yuba is stocked… Read More »