Storm Journal: The Story of the Bay Town Inn

Winds of above 130 miles per hour drove thirty-five-foot tidal waves (a world record) ashore, pounding the Gulf Coast for eight hours, devastating the Mississippi coastline and extending wind and water damage more than fifty miles inland. When I ran into my friend Doug Niolet the day after the hurri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern cultures 2008-06, Vol.14 (2), p.28-50
1. Verfasser:	Anderson, Ellis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beaches Cottages Disaster victims Essays Foot Hotels & motels Hurricanes Jails Rafts Residential buildings Rooms Sea water Social aspects Storm damage Storms Waves
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Zusammenfassung:	Winds of above 130 miles per hour drove thirty-five-foot tidal waves (a world record) ashore, pounding the Gulf Coast for eight hours, devastating the Mississippi coastline and extending wind and water damage more than fifty miles inland. When I ran into my friend Doug Niolet the day after the hurricane [August 30, 2005], he told me that he'd ridden out the storm with six others at the Bay Town Inn, a beachfront bed and breakfast in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
ISSN:	1068-8218 1534-1488 1534-1488
DOI:	10.1353/scu.0.0007