Katrina Causes Chaos On Gulf Coast; Creates Crisis In Southern Cities

Here are just a few photos of the initial
devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Evelyn Turner cries near the body of her husband who died during Hurricane Katrina.

A young man drags groceries through chest-deep water in New Orleans on Tuesday

New Orleans SWAT officers assist Henry Winter and his wife, Heloise, in the boat, after evacuating them from their home in New Orleans' 9th Ward on Monday.

Two women attempt to swim through floodwaters Monday after the levee break

Shelly Haber and Vicky Pete rest under a tree in the Eden Isles subdivision Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, waiting for a ride in Slidell, LA. The pair rode out Hurricane Katrina in their home.

Brittany Delgadillo sheds tears in the back of a rescue vehicle in Slidell, La., as she thinks about what she went through during Hurricane Katrina Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.

Bay St. Louis Emergency Management Agency volunteer crews rescue the Taylor family from the roof of their suburban, which became trapped on US 90 due to flooding during Hurricane Katrina on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, in Bay St. Louis, Miss.

The Todd family huddles in the laundry room of their destroyed house in Meridian, Louisiana. Rescue teams battled through rising flood waters to find survivors of Hurricane Katrina which is feared to have killed hundreds of people along the US Gulf Coast.

(and you think you have it bad, try living like this for the next 3 months)

Helicopters plucked frantic survivors from rooftops of inundated homes on Tuesday and officials said hundreds of people may have died in Hurricane Katrina.

This is the reason our gas prices are going up even more….

The Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is shown flooded out by the storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina in a Pascagoula, Miss., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.

U.S. President George W. Bush peers out the cabin window of Air Force One as he surveys the damage along the Gulf Coast on August 31, 2005. Air Force one made an unprecedented low level flight over the destruction areas caused by hurricane Katrina.

Mayor: Katrina May Have Killed Thousands

AP - 9 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina probably killed thousands of people in New Orleans, the mayor said Wednesday — an estimate that, if accurate, would make the storm the nation's deadliest natural disaster since at least the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. "We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and other people dead in attics, Mayor Ray Nagin said. Asked how many, he said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands.

Be generous and donate what you can today…..

Prayer for the victims of Hurricane Katrina……

O Lord, King of the Universe, master of the winds and the rain, be with those this day that are facing the hurricane's wrath.

Succor those who are in fright, be with those who are trying to save lives, open the hands of those whose generosity is needed to help.

O Lord, Master of the wind and the rain, be with those, and if possible, let this storm weaken.

Remember we are your children.

In the name of Jesus,….. Amen

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