Katrina May Have Killed 80 in Miss. County

Rescuers in boats and helicopters searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and brought victims, wet and bedraggled, to shelters Tuesday as the extent of the damage across the Gulf Coast became ever clearer. The governor said the death toll in one Mississippi county alone could be as high as 80....

After my father retired, my parents lived a few miles from Biloxi for many years and the people there were really kind to them (being New Yorkers and all :-). If you've ever been in that region then you'll know that that much water is devastating to the area.