Online NewsHour: Students Help Rebuild Houses After Hurricane Katrina -- March 29, 2006

Here is the direct link to the PBS video.

Online NewsHour: Students Help Rebuild Houses After Hurricane Katrina -- March 29, 2006

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Gulfport Hurricane Victim Sleeping In His Car

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Gulfport Hurricane Victim Sleeping In His Car: "

'It's not hard to sleep in a car if you want to,' he said.

It's not that May wants to sleep in his automobile. He doesn't have much choice.

'See I'm not too proud to sleep in there,' he said.

The hurricane damaged May's north Gulfport home. Yet, FEMA hasn't delivered a trailer to his property. Since his wife is now in a nursing home, May sleeps where he feels most comfortable.

'Sometimes in here,' he said, tapping on his car. 'Sometimes I stay with my grandson. But if his house is crowded, I won't stay there."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Giant Tree Stump In Downtown Bay St. Louis To Become Part Of A Katrina Memorial

If you were in downtown Bay St. Louis you probably saw this stump. It is huge.

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Giant Tree Stump In Downtown Bay St. Louis To Become Part Of A Katrina Memorial: "The hurricane took out many landmarks in Bay St. Louis, but at least one will live on as part of a Katrina Memorial.

Mayor Eddie Favre has made it clear he wants to save a giant, old live oak tree stump. A sign posted on the top warns cleanup crews not to remove the stump, by order of the Mayor."

No Hurricane Content-AMAZING VIDEO

This has no hurricane content, but a friend sent it to me and everyone should watch it. It is a video clip (2min 35 sec) of a woman with no hands. She is a mother who can type, grocery shop, even change diapers with her feet.

If you ever get in a bad mood or are feeling sorry for yourself, watch it. She has to be the most positive person I have ever seen. AMAZING!

Spring Break in Biloxi: Battling mold, months after Katrina

03.29.2006 - Spring Break in Biloxi: Battling mold, months after Katrina:

"This is the first in a series of dispatches from Judy Wang (left), a UC Berkeley third-year double major in molecular and cell biology and psychology. She’s on spring break in Mississippi, helping with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts as part of the campus's Alternative Breaks program, which was created by students five years ago at the Cal Corps Public Service Center. She wrote this dispatch on Sunday, March 26, the second day of her trip to Biloxi"

and later:

"It is painfully obvious that it will take years and years for Biloxi, and the rest of the Gulf Coast, to redevelop and rebuild. People are slowly beginning to come back to Biloxi, but for the most part, ... where Katrina hit the hardest, it is reminiscent of a ghost town."

Online NewsHour: Video Search

At least temporarily the video is online:
Online NewsHour:

The Online NewsHour: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast | PBS

This was filmed when we were there! Unfortunately the audio is all that is online right now but listen anyway!

The Online NewsHour: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast | PBS:

"An organization called Hands on Network has brought students from a $35,000-tuition prep school in New Jersey to Biloxi, Miss. to help gut homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

The student volunteers say the experience has changed the way they look at their own lives and the things they take for granted."

While the focus is on Lawrenceville, UVA and SBU were also mentioned!

Mmm, I guess it's true, I really do have a face for radio. Not sure why the video is not online. (I am the one yelling "who is going to 632 Division?" and also making the speech near the end.)