9/15/2005: US 90 near Biloxi

Undertoad · 09-15-2005, 04:49 PM

I still haven't seen much that represents Katrina well, but sparkidiot sent along a gallery that was pretty good and this was the first shot of it. This is the US interstate 90 bridge into the city. It's... artistic.

Katrina's devastation is so broad that it doesn't photograph well. Here's another shot of destruction, the photos say. Each shot is amazing, but each one also fails to show us the miles and miles of destruction involved. The above gallery includes several boat casinos that were lifted up and rudely smashed on shore. Any particular one makes an IotD but the bunch of them makes for difficult picking.

capnhowdy · 09-15-2005, 05:14 PM

Who'd a thunk it? I'd have never guessed in a hundred years this was an interstate. Wow... It will be quite a while before they get back even close to normal. Unless we can go ahead and get Wolf in office as the new head of FEMA. Open the polls.... I vote AYE.

Vegeta · 09-15-2005, 05:18 PM

I remember when the first images of the destruction came in, this particular bridge was one that stood out... very striking difference, like some of the before/after shots of New Orleans and Banda Aceh (though certainly not as striking as the latter).

A wider shot of the buildings before and after would indeed be more impressive, as you indicated.

barefoot serpent · 09-15-2005, 05:21 PM

Hey, how about a giant wind-driven guitar? Just strech some cables across this new 'fretboard' and mount some some sails for pics...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2005, 05:53 PM

It came apart the same way the Pensacola bridge/causeway did last year. I guess the road sections between supports aren't tied down, just held down by their weight.
I suppose that's a good idea if a ship runs into it.

This first picture struck me the most for some reason.

Happy Monkey · 09-15-2005, 06:09 PM

It makes repairs much easier. Sinking the supports is the hardest part.

busterb · 09-15-2005, 07:40 PM

I think that's a shot of old U.S. hwy 90 bridge, not the I-10. Sparkidiot or busterb

capnhowdy · 09-15-2005, 08:19 PM

Quote:

I guess the road sections between supports aren't tied down, just held down by their weight.

xoxoxoBruce

If it hadn't been made like that, I think the whole damn bridge would be history. Or at least severely damaged.

SmartAZ · 09-26-2005, 07:18 AM

Fresh pics HERE and HERE.

mitheral · 09-26-2005, 02:09 PM

That house on the penisula with the lower floors missing -> just wow.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-26-2005, 06:23 PM

313 more pictures

busterb · 09-26-2005, 07:13 PM

Thanks xob. Photo #79 shows a Julia st. sign. I'm guessing the tracks are Amtrac. Anyway to the south is the corner of Camp & Julia, where the homeless, wineos and others slept in doorways back when I worked in S. LA. I see a few places I remember, including city hall for court once. Most of restaurants they show, I could never afford to eat there. The homes along St. Charles are in the garden district and aren't for pofolks. Without the mud and so many houses I can see some of the same things around here.

09-15-2005, 04:49 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/15/2005: US 90 near Biloxi I still haven't seen much that represents Katrina well, but sparkidiot sent along a gallery that was pretty good and this was the first shot of it. This is the US interstate 90 bridge into the city. It's... artistic. Katrina's devastation is so broad that it doesn't photograph well. Here's another shot of destruction, the photos say. Each shot is amazing, but each one also fails to show us the miles and miles of destruction involved. The above gallery includes several boat casinos that were lifted up and rudely smashed on shore. Any particular one makes an IotD but the bunch of them makes for difficult picking.

09-15-2005, 05:14 PM	#2
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Who'd a thunk it? I'd have never guessed in a hundred years this was an interstate. Wow... It will be quite a while before they get back even close to normal. Unless we can go ahead and get Wolf in office as the new head of FEMA. Open the polls.... I vote AYE. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-15-2005, 05:53 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It came apart the same way the Pensacola bridge/causeway did last year. I guess the road sections between supports aren't tied down, just held down by their weight. I suppose that's a good idea if a ship runs into it. This first picture struck me the most for some reason. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2005, 06:09 PM	#6
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It makes repairs much easier. Sinking the supports is the hardest part. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-26-2005, 06:23 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	313 more pictures __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2005, 05:18 PM	#3
Vegeta As far beyond mutants as they beyond you Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: United States Posts: 52	I remember when the first images of the destruction came in, this particular bridge was one that stood out... very striking difference, like some of the before/after shots of New Orleans and Banda Aceh (though certainly not as striking as the latter). A wider shot of the buildings before and after would indeed be more impressive, as you indicated.

09-15-2005, 05:21 PM	#4
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Hey, how about a giant wind-driven guitar? Just strech some cables across this new 'fretboard' and mount some some sails for pics...

09-15-2005, 07:40 PM	#7
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I think that's a shot of old U.S. hwy 90 bridge, not the I-10. Sparkidiot or busterb __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

09-26-2005, 07:18 AM	#9
SmartAZ Confounded Conjuror Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 33	Fresh pics HERE and HERE.

09-26-2005, 02:09 PM	#10
mitheral Abecedarian Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 170	That house on the penisula with the lower floors missing -> just wow.

09-26-2005, 07:13 PM	#12
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Thanks xob. Photo #79 shows a Julia st. sign. I'm guessing the tracks are Amtrac. Anyway to the south is the corner of Camp & Julia, where the homeless, wineos and others slept in doorways back when I worked in S. LA. I see a few places I remember, including city hall for court once. Most of restaurants they show, I could never afford to eat there. The homes along St. Charles are in the garden district and aren't for pofolks. Without the mud and so many houses I can see some of the same things around here. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

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