PRES. OBAMA SKIPS MISSISSIPPi

President Obama is bypassing Mississippi on his Gulf Coast visit
Hattiesburg - WDAM

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I am asking: WHY is the President skipping out on Mississippi, where the EYE of KATRINA made landfall?!

The WDAM story, which came across Twitter, is full of long-winded excuses made by Obama's team, but I say there are NO REASONS that he should not have come to Mississippi and made a tour from Pearlington to Pascagoula!!! Nothing short of that should have been No. 1 on his so-called Katrina visit to "The Gulf Coast!"

No amount of telling the President what Katrina did to Mississippi can replace the importance and profundity of actually walking through the results of Katrina!

It seems that Katrina only made New Orleans worthy of a visit from the President. And it still seems like most of the nation continues to believe that "New Orleans" and "Gulf Coast" are one and the same.

Sad indeed!

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DUMP THE PUMPS ! Hearing in Vicksburg

GULF RESTORATION NETWORK ACTION ALERT



The infamous Yazoo Pumps plot would destroy over 200,000 acres of wetlands if allowed to come into being. With the DEAD ZONE growing in the Gulf and now the Mississippi River cresting from heavy rains in the Mid-West, we cannot afford to lose our wetland areas.

THANKS to the Healthy Gulf organization and to all the people out there who have made their voices heard, huge strides have been achieved towards protecting the natural heritage of the Mississippi Delta, BUT THE VETO IS NOT A DONE DEAL.

To end the threat once and for all the EPA needs to hear that you support it's efforts. Visit the Yazoo Pumps Blog to learn more.

Also, please visit GRN for a lot of really good information and links. The wetlands and future generations of people and wildlife will love you for caring.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS . . .

Dream For Sale. Live Oaks in fog on Front Beach in Ocean Springs.


Below this post you can see that I have posted a few images of Waveland – "south of the tracks."

The thing about it is, that those images are indeed a few. And those "few" are like breath and air within fog.

Look at the pictures. Multiply those by hundreds, and by hundreds again. And then multiply those by blocks, more blocks, neighborhoods, and more neighborhoods.

Then add to that equation the idea of miles x miles to get square miles. Picture in your head, if you can, the whole coast of Mississippi and then go inland all the way to Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Meridian. Even though the damage was not as severe the further inland you go, does not negate that damage was done and can still be seen to this very day. We have miles and miles of downed trees and standing dead trees along the highways from the coast to Meridian. The scars are deep and imbedded in the earth.

There are still "blue roofs" in Laurel. Some houses will never be repaired or rebuilt. Some people will never have their homes back, or the lives that they knew.

I am still dumbfounded by the depth and breadth of Katrina's destructive power. Everytime I visit the coast, I become speechless for days after. The massive change to the Gulf Coast's environment is sickening.