Mobile, Alabama area photos

An oil drilling platform originally located 12 miles off the Louisiana coast broke loose during Hurricane Katrina and was carried more than 60 miles and ultimately beached at Dauphin Island, a barrier island located near Mobile, AL. These are photos that I collected off the Internet or scanned from the newspaper.

The storm surge (definition) in Mobile Bay from Hurricane Katrina was the largest ever recorded. Buildings and roads, etc., near the water received a great deal of damage.

Roads & buildings on Mobile Bay:

Airlifted patients arriving at Mobile Infirmary Hospital after transfer from hospitals in Mississippi and/or Louisiana:

Williamson High School:

Below is the Waterhole Bar on the Causeway that crosses Mobile Bay. If you look at this PHOTO of the Causeway, you'll see why it floods very easily!

Felix's Fish Camp Restaurant on the Causeway:
Original Oyster House Restaurant on the Causeway:

Blue Gill Restaurant on the Causeway:

U.S.S. ALABAMA MEMORIAL PARK
http://www.ussalabama.com/index.php

The U.S.S. Alabama Battleship (photo) is 680 feet long and weighs 80 million pounds -- and it sits securely in mud. Yet the storm surge and wave action of Hurricane Katrina rocked the ship and moved the bow about three feet further away from land. The whole ship is now listing about 8 degrees.

U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Park aircraft pavilion:

The Dog River (location of Dog River) flooding:

Harbor Landing Apartments on Dog River, AL:Dog River, Mobile, AL:

Marina on Dog River:
Downtown Mobile, AL flooding:

Post Office in downtown Mobile, AL:

Miscellaneous scenes I collected from the Internet

Hurricane Katrina covered several states:

Grand Bay, Alabama (about Grand Bay):

Fairhope Yacht Club, Fairhope, Alabama:

Daphne, Alabama near pier:

Daphne, AL Marina:

Neighbor to the east... Pensacola, Florida:

Pensacola, Florida:

Gulf Shores, Alabama:

Bayou La Batre, AL (collected off the Internet)

You might have heard the name Bayou La Batre which was immortalized in the book and film "Forrest Gump." It's located near the coast of Alabama just south of Mobile (click on map to the right for a larger image). It's known as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" and commerical fishing/shrimping and seafood processing are the major industry. The water is the livelihood of most people in this community. It was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Boats were tossed about like toys and buildings were demolished: