It's nothing unusual to hear that I went driving today, I am out often looking for progress in Pascagoula. I went to my daughter's house first to see if expected workers had arrived. To look at outside of Anita's and Dave's home one wouldn't see anything wrong. It looks like an intact very nice home with a lovely lawn and flowers but there is still so much to be done to restore it as it was before Katrina. When I neared the house and saw all the cars and trucks there, I was thrilled. At last, just maybe, something will be done for them. The water that came into the house caused a lot of damage to downstairs. Upstairs has damage and hopefully that will be repaired too. It seems, as soon as the grant checks began reaching people, the price for materials rose even higher. They are starting in the kitchen. I snapped a few pictures to show you.






After a relatively short visit, I left to continue looking for new construction. Yes, I am taking all these pictures so that you can see the progress in our area but also to assure myself that we are slowly rising out of the abnormalcy we have accepted, because we had no choice, and headed for the normalcy we had before the storm.

The disaster that happened in our state has cost the federal government a vast amount of money and many people have voiced complaints about it. Disasters can happen in any state. Sadly, there was devastation and lives lost in North Carolina when a tornado struck Thursday. National Weather reported: "The tornado was created by a storm system that caused havoc across large parts of the South on Wednesday and early on Thursday. Media reports said one person died on Wednesday in Louisiana." N.C Tornado Crescent City, California experienced a small tsunami resulting from an earthquake in Japan.

The amount of money allotted to our area should give a clear indication of the damage that we suffered. It was of such a magnitude that it will take many years before we can say, "All is done"! A few more pictures of new homes around Pascagoula.