Gulfport Quotes

I was in Gulfport and Long Beach on Tuesday and was amazed at how much damage was done, ... But I was even more amazed at the response of people to help.

The first four blocks of Gulfport are nothing but foundations ... and it`s that way from Slidell, La., to just east of Pascagoula, Miss.,

But we are lucky compared to those in Gulfport and other parts of Slidell and downtown New Orleans.

My brother, Bob Boots, is a construction battalion and has been for more than 20 years and his home base was Gulfport, Miss.. He had a house that was only 1,000 feet away from the beach. When we were there, we`d walk to the beach from his house.

I knew it was foolish of them to stay there, ... I saw how Gulfport had absolutely nothing left. I looked at pictures of where his house might be, but there was nothing there. I was sure he got swept out to sea.

Baton Rouge, New Orleans and southern Louisiana are the largest shipping complex in the world, and the U.S. is extremely reliant on shipping in the Mississippi River corridor and Gulfport, Miss.