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Restoration after Katrina amazing event to witness.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 19-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Restoration after Katrina amazing event to witness.(First Person)

Article Excerpt
OCEAN SPRINGS -- There has been no shortage of news about what went wrong with the disaster relief effort after Hurricane Katrina. But quite an amazing number of things went right, as well. Without witnessing it, you can hardly imagine how many people and resources were brought to bear to help heal the Coast in the first two weeks after Katrina.

My phone kept working even during the hurricane. I know because when my house was flooding from the storm surge, I got a call from my sister in Canada. (She teased me later about apologizing that I couldn't talk because my house was flooding).

Other than for three days after the storm, I had phone service the entire time--even while the cables were laying on the street. It was hard to get through to a lot of numbers because all circuits were busy. But I could reach and reassure friends and family we were okay by calling early in the day and late at night.

Second, considering the staggering amount of debris, the roads got cleared enough at least to pass in very short order. My water and sewer here in Ocean Springs worked except for a few hours the day of the storm.

"My department heads and staff were prepared as best as possible," said Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran. "We had buildings and space identified for...

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