CNN reporting that conditions along the Mississippi coast are "Andrew-like". Gary Tuchman is reporting looting in Gulfport (or Biloxi.)
I think post storm analysis will show the storm to be very much on par with Andrew. Measured across, it will have produced a wider swath of damage than Andrew... Just a massive storm.
The storm surge reports did end up sounding eerily reminiscent to some of the things we saw in last years tsunami.
The fact that numerous towns/regions have not checked in should be extremely telling.
I imagine that most have read the comments of water to the second floor of the Beau Revage Casino in Biloxi. But, having been there a few times I can tell you that the first floor is about 20 feet above street level and if it got to the second floor, all the casinos, apartments and business establishments on the Biloxi coast are severly damaged and the smaller building must be wiped out, if the report is true.
"Andrew-like" translates to miles and miles of flattened homes, apartments, schools, stores, and public buildings along the Mississippi coast. I lived in SoFL and saw the Andrew aftermath....it took literally YEARS to clean it all up. So sad.
Any news from Pascagoula? Home of Trent Lott, and site of my grandfather's grave (at the little Catholic cemetery). Black Irish humor break: Granddad would probably enjoy floating away, old seafaring shipbuilder that he was. Trent Lott would rather stay put, no doubt.
All the talking head Rather wannabes are in NO where there is no action.
The story is in Alabama and Mississippi.
What's a poor media hack to do!