Thanks to Susan O’Mary for these images… she writes:
“James,
This past weekend my childern and I went to the Mississippi Coast for the National Gospel Singing Convention. While there we drove from Biloxi all the way to Bay St Louis. Man those poor people still need our prayers SO badly. I have never been to the area before so I have nothing to compare it to. Biloxi looked great but the futher west we traveled, of course, the worse things got. There were more lots vacent than occupied. I would not be afraid to say still about 60% of the beaches are closed. For every 1 pier you see built back you will see 3 not. I CAN NOT even began to imagine what it looked like even 1 year ago, much less 1 month after the storm. These people are still in need of help and prayers. I have included several pictures that I took. I have included 1 of Beaviour, Jeff Davis’ home. The carving of the dolphins is where there have taken tree stumps and carved them into different things this is along highway 90. The bridge is of the Bay St Louis brigde that has only been opened a few weeks. And finally a Beautiful sunset. Thankfully the kids, well me too, were able to get in the water and wade, was a bit cool but oh how nice it felt.”
