Day 6
Today I must say it a drastic change from the civil rights and racial tension of Alabama to the sight of hurricane Katrina that happened in this small place name Bay St. Louis in Mississippi. We had a three hour conference during the day where we got a chance to here a couple of stories from people that witness the devastation of the hurricane. After the conference we took a tour of the city and got a chance to see the actual damages that hurricane Katrina caused in the town. The damage was real serve and the people of Bay St. Louis will never forget that. It has been almost two years later and the people and the community is not where they need to be but they have made progress from the initial day of the hurricane. The houses were swept away and there is still a great amount of people staying in FEMA trailers. The fortunate people are rebuilding their houses and the ones that did not have any damage are already back in their house. During the tour what struck me the most was the poor and poverty part of the town. These people were basically forced to move because the apartment complexes were not being rebuild and if it was rebuild the cost of living was too much for the people.