re: Just in case you didn’t know Hurricane Katrina actually made landfall in Mississippi too

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OP is not “shitting” on New Orleans.

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they got like Cat 3 impacts and the shitty levees failed. All those deaths were caused by people’s stupidity.

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I missed where he faulted the Army Corps of Engineers.

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I swear, you seem to actively seek out things to get offended about

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I doubt I’m the only person whose life was profoundly upended by Katrina who doesn’t appreciate stupid tragedy Olympics threads like this one. And just days before the 20th anniversary when everyone who lived through it is reeling as it is.

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This is still a weird thread. Not sure why Tutthill wants to politicize Katrina. The whole world knows New Orleans. Not as many are familiar with Waveland or Ocean Springs.

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I get it... and as a long removed Biloxian, I've also felt offended at how NO gets all the attention.

To OP’s sanctimonious post about how no one looted in his hometown? I saw that one.

Sorry, I have just watched my 3rd Katrina anniversary special and not a word about Mississippi, but kudos to newsnation that even though they didn’t say it I recognized it was Mississippi in some of the interviews.

The only reason I knew it was going to be bad is because a week or so before it hit I was fishing the Mississippi Big Game Tournament or Marlin Tournament and we hit the most beautiful rip in most perfect cobalt blue water anyone had every seen between Rampile (sic) and URSA rigs South of New Orleans and it was completely lifeless. We trolled it forever, nothing.
It was incredible but we were recording surface temperatures of 97 degrees in this whole area and all the fish were below 200 feet and wouldn’t come into this bathwater. The few guys that caught fish and won went to mouth of Mississippi to find cooler water. It was the hottest surface temperature our captain had ever seen in his 50 years on the water.

Katrina went right over this hot patch of water before it hit BSL. So it definitely had a double eyewall as it was strengthening when it hit.

My guess is that for political and sensational reasons the focus was on New Orleans. Always a lot of stories about it being below sea level and it’s famed pumps. What most people didn’t count on was the wind, pushing the water against the levees which caused them to fail.

I grew up hearing about hurricane Camille and the devastation it laid on Mississippi and Louisiana. Being an actual cat 5 upon landfall. Unlike Katrina. .

My camp in Braithwaite, LA got wiped out. Also, 3 trees on my house in Metairie along with roof of my office got torn off. My business in New Orleans was in the toilet for over 2 years, but the guys who were in the same business in Jackson MS had record sales 2 years in a row.

All I ever got was a case or two of free water. Not a nickel from the government. I picked myself up and made lemonade out of lemons. Never looked back and never complained or acted angry about a situation that was out of our control.

At this point, who cares what they say.

Waah waah look at me! I need attention!

Mississippi needs some attention mfer not me. But this is bringing up too much shite, sorry I said shite, I am out. I would never wish this on anyone.

Prayers to all the survivors and those that were lost in the storm, we still say Before Katrina and After Katrina as time references on the Coast. Good night

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Just in case you didn’t know Hurricane Katrina actually made landfall in Mississippi

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It made initial landfall on the northern Gulf at Buras, LA, then secondary landfall at the Louisiana/Mississippi line.