Editing Pascagoula, Mississippi (section)

===Hurricane Katrina===
[[File:Katrina-Pascagoula-housesX.jpg|thumb|left|Houses destroyed or flooded by [[Hurricane Katrina]]]]
{{Main|Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi}}

On August 29, 2005, [[Hurricane Katrina]]'s {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}} [[storm surge]] devastated Pascagoula,<ref name=NWSmob>"[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/0805Katrina/ National Weather Service Forecast Office – Mobile/Pensacola]." ''[[NOAA]].'' July 7, 2006.</ref> much like [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] and [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]] and the rest of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.<ref name=TCRaug>"{{NHC TCR url|id=AL122005_Katrina|title=Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Katrina}}." (post-analysis) ''National Hurricane Center.'' revised August 10, 2006.</ref> Katrina came ashore during the high tide of 6:12 am, {{convert|2.1|ft|m|abbr=on}} more than typical.<ref>"2005 NOAA Tide Predictions: Pascagoula, Mississippi Sound" (2005), tide on August 29, 2006, ''NOAA'', web:[http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/get_predictions.shtml?year=2005&stn=0551+South+Pass&secstn=Pascagoula,+Mississippi+Sound&thh=%2b1&thm=20&tlh=%2b0&tlm=48&hh=*1.21&hl=*1.21 NOAA-tide-tables].</ref> Nearly 92% of Pascagoula was flooded. Most homes along Beach Boulevard were destroyed, and [[FEMA trailer]]s became an omnipresent sight.

Due to the media focus on the plight of [[New Orleans]] and Biloxi-Gulfport in the aftermath of Katrina, many Pascagoula citizens have expressed feeling neglected or even forgotten following the storm. Most Pascagoula residents did not possess [[flood insurance]], and many were required to put their homes on [[piling]]s before being given a permit to rebuild. TITANTubes, sometimes referred to as [[Geotextile tube|geotube]]s, were installed under the beach to serve as low-profile dune cores to protect the evacuation route.

[[United States Navy]] officials announced that two {{Sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} [[guided missile destroyer]]s that were under construction at [[Northrop Grumman Ship Systems]] in Pascagoula had been damaged by the storm, as well as the [[amphibious assault ship]] {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}.

Hurricane Katrina damaged over 40 Mississippi libraries, flooding the Pascagoula Public Library's first floor and causing mold in the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/cro/katrina/MSPL_Katrina_Damage.pdf|title=Hurricane Katrina Related Damages to Public Libraries in Mississippi|date=September 2005|website=Mississippi Library Commission|via=American Library Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031143618/http://www.ala.org/ala/cro/katrina/MSPL_Katrina_Damage.pdf|archive-date=October 31, 2007|access-date=2009-04-24}}</ref>