Today marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina. Forgive me as I delineate from
the focus of this blog. As a survivor,
my thoughts have been on that particular event in my life. Katrina was a historical event indeed, one that I will never forget. But speaking of history, we don’t tend to think about weather that much. But, of course, our ancestors had to deal
with the elements as we do. And that
includes hurricanes here on the Coast. Closer to our own history, I can remember my
daddy telling me about a time when he was a boy and asking his grandpa about a
big pile of dirt. “Oh, a bad storm caused
that,” was the reply with a shrug. He
was referring to the hurricane of 1947, a “bad storm” indeed that had hit
several years prior.
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| Aftermath of the 1947 hurricane Mississippi Gulf Coast Hancock County Historical Society |
