Snail's Pace

Some progress in Pascagoula is shown in the following photos taken on Magnolia Street. An appropriate name as Mississippi is nicknamed the Magnolia State.

Jackson County Courthouse

Our Lady of Victories Church

Resurrection (OLV) High School

In 1952, the then new courthouse was having a formal dedication. Since OLV was directly across the street from the courthouse, the nuns permitted us to stand on the front school lawn and watch the ceremony. City and county dignitaries were there but we girls were more interested in Charlton Heston and a very nice looking guy named Robert Stack

In ensuing years, I told my Chicago born husband how many actors had been in Pascagoula. He use to tease and say I was kidding him that no one can even pronounce the name of the town but you want me to believe all those people were here. Anybody remember Lash LaRue, Alan Rocky Lane (Red Ryder), Little Beaver (Robert Blake), Al Fuzzy St. John and the Sons of the Pioneers? There were many more but, at this time, my overworked memory seems to have failed. Perhaps some of you may recall the others.

Pascagoula Police Department

The Police Department is located on Live Oak Street where once Old Hwy 90 connected. It looks to be in excellent shape. This was at one time a residential area that is now commercial.

The High School is back to normal thanks to all the volunteers as is the church. The courthouse is still under repair but functional.

Next post I hope to have more pics of new construction. The small section of Magnolia St. that I have shown you is in good shape. The rest of Magnolia and surrounding areas look very bad. Everything is moving at a snail's pace and I believe that if you came here you could actually touch the depression that permeates our coastal towns.

Even knowing that Katrina was declared the worst natural disaster to hit the United States and that to devastate means to lay waste, we cannot fully comprehend what happened to us. Just eight months ago we were doing what all of you do in your daily lives until that fateful day when that life was taken from us. I ask you, "Can anyone prepare themselves emotionally for such an unexpected crisis"?