The following picture was taken from the third story balcony of Saint Stanislaus College located next door to Our Lady of the Gulf church in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi on the morning of August 29th, 2005. This is believed to be the initial tidal wave from Hurricane Katrina. The tidal wave was approximately 35 to 40 feet high.
The email that sent me these pictures of Katrina says that they were taken by a man in Magee, Mississippi, but didn’t give his name. I am assuming that these are undoctored. Certainly dramatic enough.
This picture was taken from the I-10 overpass after the storm passed facing south toward Waveland. This location is approximately 5 miles from the beach.
