Speaking of Biloxi
October 13th 2008 15:42
I recently did a little video for a contest about my hometown. It was something I had thought about doing for a while but never got around to.
I am from Biloxi, MS. We were a quaint little shrimping town on the Gulf of Mexico for many, many years. About fifteen years ago, it was decided that the city would allow casino boats to be here. This turned our city around. People who were once poor and working for minimum wage got jobs where they could actually make a decent living. The area prospered for the following years until Mother Nature threw us a devastating blow...Hurrricane Katrina. She all but wiped us off the map.
For the first few hours after the storm everyone was in shock. Homes and businesses were nothing more than piles of rubble. Jobs were gone and even worse, the county death toll was over two hundred people. Some of them our family and friends. The people of south Mississippi are hard working and strong and knew that they had to get up, dust themselves off and get to the business of recovering and rebuilding. Neighbors helped neighbors and everyone helped strangers.
Our stamina and strength inspired the nation. Volunteers came from everywhere to pitch in and become part of our family. It was an awesome, albeit devastating experience. I was humbled as were many others at the outpouring of love and assistance. Today, three years later, Biloxi is back and its bigger than ever. The casinos are back open and more are being built. The schools are new and everywhere people still talk about the angels who came in to help them restore their lives. Life is good today and we are all better people for having lived through and survived Katrina.
I am from Biloxi, MS. We were a quaint little shrimping town on the Gulf of Mexico for many, many years. About fifteen years ago, it was decided that the city would allow casino boats to be here. This turned our city around. People who were once poor and working for minimum wage got jobs where they could actually make a decent living. The area prospered for the following years until Mother Nature threw us a devastating blow...Hurrricane Katrina. She all but wiped us off the map.
For the first few hours after the storm everyone was in shock. Homes and businesses were nothing more than piles of rubble. Jobs were gone and even worse, the county death toll was over two hundred people. Some of them our family and friends. The people of south Mississippi are hard working and strong and knew that they had to get up, dust themselves off and get to the business of recovering and rebuilding. Neighbors helped neighbors and everyone helped strangers.
Our stamina and strength inspired the nation. Volunteers came from everywhere to pitch in and become part of our family. It was an awesome, albeit devastating experience. I was humbled as were many others at the outpouring of love and assistance. Today, three years later, Biloxi is back and its bigger than ever. The casinos are back open and more are being built. The schools are new and everywhere people still talk about the angels who came in to help them restore their lives. Life is good today and we are all better people for having lived through and survived Katrina.
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