Construction of I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain which was damaged during Katrina

The new protions of the northern span were completed and now they are removing the barriers to open it to traffic

A home in Waveland on Hwy 607 in Waveland, Mississippi which is just west of Bay Saint Louis

A home in Bay Saint Louis which had markings similar to those in New Orleans

A downed steeple of the Methodist Church at Bay Saint Louis

The sign on the steeple says it all, by the way who would remove it?

At the Promenade of Bay Saint Louis is Mural of the history of this city. Amazingly this mural remained intact after Katrina

The mural was handpainted on the back wall of a bank building and depicts the history of the people of this region

A Christmas Tree at the foot of the street before the bay shore, a symbol of hope in what appears to be a community which has been devasted!

The stump of a what was a fabulously huge oak tree which was downed in the storm surge

The whole main business district of Bay Saint Louis lost a complete street along with the stores which lined it to the storm surge

A view looking east at what was left of this front street looking at a building whose front wall was sheered off during the storm

Looking further down east on this lost street

A front view of the home with the sheered front, it looks like a doll house with the setup inside just as it was during the storm

A view looking west down this front street which has disappeared

A look at the buildings left which were on the north side of the street facing the Bay

A second Christmas tree stands as a guardian of the area which is now undergoing salvage, clean up and reconstruction of the shore

A view of a side street which ended at the main road which ran along the bay

An optimistic owner of this bar let all interested parties know you could purchase his business "as is" for $560,000

Here is enlarged view of this business property for sale in Bay Saint Louis

The Wire Dog was another watering hole of this town with its sign almost intact!

A view down another side street - noticing that the destruction of the buildings remains as is four months later

It is not clear what type of business was wiped out by the storm surge, not even a sign gives us a clue what it was

A view of the surrounding properties of his descimated store

Looking further west down the front street of Bay Saint Louis

What remains of Day Dreams Beach Bar wishes visitors a Happy Holidays

Look at the cement slabs which ended up in the water after the storm, they are huge

The foundation of another business washed away in the storm

It was again unclear what type of business this was, which sat a full block away from the shore

These destroyed cars sat just as they did after Katrina's destructive force attacked Bay Saint Louis

The Blue Tarp indicates that some hearty resident is trying to live in this residence, you see the FEMA trailers in the rear of the house

We moved futher east from old town Bay Saint Louis to where Hwy 90 dead ends and saw what remains of a new development

Hwy 90 now ends on the west shore of Bay Saint Louis due to it being washed out by Katrina

Looking east from Hwy 90 all one sees are foundations of what once were homes along the coast line

There were two or three homes in the area we are looking at now. The storm surge just washed them away

You can see what remains of this new development of beautiful homes wiped out by the storm

The stoop of a home

An uprooted tree lays where it was dropped by Katrina as FEMA trailer now dot the landscape by residents trying to reclaim their homesteads

We were impressed with the green lawn infront of what remains of this home

The pilings which remain from this home became a billboard for Thanksgiving to God and State Farm

You can see that the new code for piling did not save the home infront which had the billboard message of thanksgiving

A view of all of the pilings of this home bear witness to the ferocity of Katrina

A barren land which lost its residents

Shocking how this scene looks today given the storm was four months ago

Another green lawn in front of this home's front steps

Some resident with a sense of humor wished the neighbor happy holidays with a Pink Flamingo

You can see in the trees the stuff which was washed into them by the storms fury

Vacated lots which once were beautiful water front homes remind us that Katrina was large, furious and destructive