Articles from Kathleen's Blog

Mississippi: Hancock County - Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Perlington, Kiln

Free speech only becomes a volatile issue when limitations are placed upon that right

The classic legacy of Katrina
is developing a long term recovery thesis and sticking to it until some evidence is found that it is working.

Reluctant Recovery Standing Still And On The Run  Kathleen Johnson October 10th, 2008   Click here for full story
Informal "home" ownership - a cultural issue here in the south  Kathleen Johnson May 7th, 2008   Click here for full story
Cultural Hurricane  Kathleen Johnson April 6th, 2008   Click here for full story
Overcoming the Plantation Mentality - My Delta, My Swamp, My Nats, My Way Kathleen Johnson February 21 2008 Click here for full story
Yes, you can say “Merry Christmas” here Kathleen Johnson December 16th, 2007 Click here for full story
Race to the CAN Kathleen Johnson November 1st, 2007 Click here for full story
No Room At The Inn Kathleen Johnson October 17th, 2007 Click here for full story
WLOX interview on Volunteers  Kathleen Johnson August 26th, 2007   Click here for full story
Spin doctor Preparing for the Katrina anniversary media hype  Kathleen Johnson August 26th, 2007  Click here for full story and also same story printed with different pics at Gulf Coast News.
Behind the Trees The Buck is Stopping Short of the Road Home  Kathleen Johnson 8/8/07 Click here for full story
Idiotic Quotes From Hurricane Katrina  Click here for full story from About.com
And The Band Plays On Some More  Kathleen Johnson August 23rd, 2007  Click here for full story
The Great Swamp Tour - capturing an aligator!  Kathleen Johnson August 20th, 2007  Click here for full story
Meeting the Open and Transparent platform a new Gulf Coast demand.  Kathleen Johnson August 15th, 2007  Click here for full story
At the center of every community in the south is the local church - Little Zion Baptist Church, Waveland.  Kathleen Johnson August 13th, 2007  Click here for full story
Across to Pass Christian and back Friday  Kathleen Johnson August 10th, 2007   Click here for full story
Behind the Trees, The Buck is Stopping Short of the Road Home 8/8/07  Kathleen Johnson 8/8/07   Click here for full story
The Red Rooster Crows Once More  Kathleen Johnson August 6th, 2007  Click here for full story
Rebuilding Martin Luther King Park the community solution.  Kathleen Johnson July 25th, 2007  Click here for full story
Building an Elkview Home from 84 lumber step by step  Kathleen Johnson 8/11/07.   Click here for full story
Out to Sea July 4th  Kathleen Johnson July 8th, 2007  Click here for full story
Pensalcola Race From Gulfport - Ole Man And The Sea  Kathleen Johnson July 6th, 2007  Click here for full story
Race To The Cape -Where the Oak Tree Should Stand.  Kathleen Johnson July 6th, 2007   Click here for full story
Race Day at Long Beach  Kathleen Johnson July 6th, 2007  Click here for full story
Sailing the Wild Blue Kathleen Johnson July 6th, 2007  Click here for full story
Martin Luther King Block Party Kathleen Johnson July 27th, 2007  Click here for full story
Katrina Volunteers Feel Unwanted Kathleen Johnson, 7/21/07.  Click here for full story
Beach Party for St Marys Kathleen Johnson June 23rd, 2007.  Click here for full story
Ant March Kathleen Johnson June 8th, 2007  Click here for full story
A month of volunteer efforts in May 2007. Kathleen Johnson May 2007  Click here for full story
The White Magnolia Tree Kathleen Johnson April 21st, 2007  Click here for full story
Kids move mountains - Katrina juvenile responders Kathleen Johnson 4/15/07  Click here for full story
Not black or white the problem or the solution Kathleen Johnson 4/13/07  Click here for full story
Ship Island - a days escape Kathleen Johnson 3/26/07  Click here for full story>
Martin Luther King Park Celebration at Easter Kathleen Johnson March 23rd, 2007  Click here for full story
Katrina Confinement Rage: Captured in a paper prison 2/24/07 Kathleen Johnson.  Click here for full story
In the eye of the recovery is more havoc than landfall. 1/30/07 Kathleen Johnson  Click here for full story
Goliath Said ho DatKathleen Johnson 1/20/07  Click here for full story
Developing The Katrina Workforce a new phase in recovery Kathleen Johnson 10/23/06  Click here for full story
Resource Brokering - A Katrina Enigma Kathleen Johnson 10/23/06  Click here for full story
After The Vines Of Summer The Need For A Master Plan Kathleen Johnson 10/1/06  Click here for full story
The Long Way To Come Home Katrina Week 57 Kathleen Johnson 10/1/06Sometimes as little as twenty eight feet to the FEMA trailer - where the breadth equals height of the storm surge. Waveland went down to the sea for a memorial service and celebration of life.  Click here for full story
The importance of remaining neutral Kathleen Johnson 9/17/06 Kathleen Johnson 9/17/06  Click here for full story
Marketing Disaster when the media hype fizzles Kathleen Johnson 9/10/06Katrina, at her height, was the darling of the networks. It was a media frenzy fed by inflammatory bigoted images from white dome of the coliseum in New Orleans, the debris filled streets of southern Mississippi, inflated death counts, political shame, blame and political hop scotch, and hundreds of personal me too stories meant to heighten the feeding frenzy for more, more, more and more. The nation was glued to the TV screen unable to get enough of the images.  Click here for full story
Down to the sea - Katrina Anniversary in Waveland Kathleen Johnson 8/30/06 At 8am this morning, approximately an hour before landfall the previous year of hurricane Katrina, the residents of Waveland went down to the sea for a memorial service and celebration of life.  Click here for full story
White Boxes, Return Key, and System Malfunctions Kathleen Johnson 8/20/06 As we approach the aniversary of Katrina life for the victims revolve around white boxes. The white boxes they live in and the endless line of personally intrusive forms with white boxes they fill in constantly for assistance.  Click here for full story
Home Owner Grant Checks Disbursement Later than Sooner - its going to be a long wait Kathleen Johnson 8/4/06 The Mississippi Development Authority states that it will take at least eight months to process all the claims. It is likely that many homeowners will not see a check any sooner than well into next year.  Click here for full story
Volunteers have interesting visit to New Orleans Wednesday night Kathleen Johnson 8/3/06  Click here for full story
WQRZ given "Cease and Desist" Order Kathleen Johnson 8/2/06Hancock County local radio station WQRZ-LP 103.5 FM was given a cease and desist order from the FCC to stop transmitting from the satellite site at the EOC Operation Center in Kiln on Sunday night.  Click here for full story
One Stop Shop Opens In Hancock County! Kathleen Johnson 7/26/96 This ground breaking concept for resource shopping in the wake of Katrina opened today in Hancock County with all the dignitaries from the various supporting agencies  Click here for full story
DRD Disaster Response Database Kathleen Johnson 7/20/06 Today, in Diamondhead, Joan Buchop was teaching a class on the DRD the Disaster Response Database which was produced for the National Lutheran Disaster Response. Click Here For Full Story
Wavelands Middletown Trash Issues Kathleen Johnson 7/20/06 And the trash still sits everywhere in Middletown. The volunteers worked hard to pick up the trash out of the right-of-way and ditches but the Contractors will not pick up the small piles" stated a city official from the department of Public Works.  Click Here For Full Story
The Sky Is Falling Kathleen Johnson 7/20/06 Or so it seems these days around Bay St. Louis and Waveland in Hancock county and all over the Gulf Coast. Well, actually its not the skyfalling but the almost year old dead pines trees left in the wake of Katrina they are succumbing to every little wind, breeze, or rain drop that wafts this way and the trees are falling every way but loose onto roads and private property.  Click Here For Full Story
Fortier Highschool, New Orleans Kathleen Johnson 7/17/06 Everyday, is a new day here in the Katrina ravaged south. Yesterday I travelled out of Mississippi and went to work in New Orleans at the Fortier Highschool. This school, built in 1912, is being renovated and made ready for occupation.  Click Here For Full Story
Dunbar Village Nursing Home, Bay Saint Louis Kathleen Johnson 7/16/06 Volunteers have been working on the Dunbar Village Nursing Home all week - tomorrow we will have 67 volunteers over there and, hopefully, it will be the last big thrust on gutting out prior to the building being handed over to a contractor for the construction phase.  Click Here For Full Story
Housing Issues On The Gulf Coast Kathleen Johnson 7/13/06  Click Here For Full Story
Mayor's Mower Looted Out Of Front YardKathleen Johnson 7/12/06 It was a grand day - finally the Mayor of Waveland, Tommy Longo, was going to have his house and yard worked on. A kindly soul donated a brand new mower and a team of 15 from the Presbyterian Church in West Boca, Florida, went to work on his yard.  Click Here For Full Story
New benchmark at ground zero Kathleen Johnson, Waveland, Ms. 7/2/06 Katrina cut a swath thru the tall pines in an area the size of England across the Gulf Coast leaving a tangled bounty of timber which has, for the most part, up to this point, been hauled off to be dumped and left to slowly rot in land fills all over the Gulf Coast.  Click Here For Full Story



 

 

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