Elements of Urbanism: Gulfport-Biloxi

[Metro Jacksonville]

Elements of Urbanism: Gulfport-Biloxi



Metro Jacksonville vists Mississippi's largest Gulf Coast metropolitan area: Gulfport-Biloxi

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-sep-elements-of-urbanism-gulfport-biloxi

[CS Foltz]

I am surprised that Hurricane Camile was not mentioned...........did they forget that one came through there long before Katrina! 350' freighter was laying accross I10 for months until it was cut up and carted off! Coast Guard Station Pascagoula was wiped off the beach.......concrete pad was the only thing left. Station was moved upriver, Pascagoula river, by where an old Confederate Ironclad was stored.....that is another story!

[Jumpinjack]

Drove through the Gulf Coast this spring to see how recovery was coming. Still many vacant lots with driveways going nowhere. The damage in town was still significant although the casinos were rebuilt and going strong.

[thelakelander]

I am surprised that Hurricane Camile was not mentioned...........did they forget that one came through there long before Katrina!

It's mentioned in the full version of the quoted article.  Here is a link if interested in reading the full version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi

[fsujax]

only a matter of time before another monster Cat 5 washes it away again!

[Duke]

Got a little nostalgic when I saw a picture of the Colosseum in Biloxi.... 

[finehoe]

only a matter of time before another monster Cat 5 washes it away again!

That doesn't matter when you have two free-market, keep-the-government-out-of-our-lives Republican Senators (especially when one is on the Appropriations Committee) to direct federal funds your way for reconstruction.

[Victor711]

This makes me sad in a way. I LOVED mississippi, Lived right on the beach of Gulf Port. I lived there for about 6 years and moved to Jacksonville a month before Hurricane Katrina hit. We were so lucky, but I missed my old home. After seeing it recently, it has all changed. I look at Jacksonville as my new "Home Mississippi" and I am proud to have come here. 5 Years in Jacksonville so far

[CS Foltz]

Thanks for the full updated link.....lake! I bounced around on an old 40'.....40446! Had 4 each 55 gallon drums of fuel tied down in the after well deck to refuel as needed! Spent all night long bouncing around like a pea in a 55 gallon drum and that wild ride was free! Took several weeks to get all the Aids to Navigation up to speed and even longer for all the bouys to be checked and reset as needed!

[samiam]

The BP oil spill had a very negative impact on the local economy this past summer. I hope the gulf continues to recover quickly and next year is better. cruising the coast is next month (huge classic and antique car shows)and it looks like it might be the best year for it ever.

[stjr]

I guess you have to visit to appreciate these places but based on the pictures, other than the historic buildings, they look blah.  Sad if they lost much of their character from the hurricanes.  I would think it will be hard to attract residents and businesses back aside from the aforementioned government "incentives".

Would like to see more discussion of the impact of the casinos on the local quality of life.  Doesn't look very impressive based on the photos.   With increased competition for gambling, will people come here as much for the casinos?

Ol' French Louisiana governor Bienville had more foresight than modern day inhabitants in getting out of this area before the "Big Ones" came.  Almost 300 years ahead of this time.  Too bad he didn't consider that New Orleans was below sea-level and, thus, almost as vulnerable. 

Due to fears of tides and hurricanes in the 1700s, the capital of French Louisiana was later moved by colonial governor Bienville, in 1723, from Biloxi to a new inland harbor town named La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans), built for the purpose in 1718-1720.

[Dog Walker]

Old Bienville wasn't that dumb.  The old parts of New Orleans are above sea level and far enough inland to be protected.  Katrina did not flood the old parts of the city, French Quarter, Fouburg Maringy, Garden District, but those ndighborhoods that were built below the levees during the early decade of the 20th Century.

Katrina didn't even HIT New Orleans, but came ashore around the Pass Christian/Gulfport area.  New Orleans was even on the weak side of the storm.  If the storm had hit Lake Pontchartrain directly the devastation would have been even worse.