Katrina: One year later (The Clarion-Ledger)

Man uses car claim payment to start house Resolved to rebuild By Chris Joyner chris.joyner@jackson.gannett.com Rick Guy/The Clarion-Ledger Louis Skrmetta, the operations manager with Ship Island Excursions, talks about riding out Hurricane Katrina on one of the excursion boats moored in a safe harbor. Talking in front of his home on Allan Street in Gulfport, Skrmetta said the house sustained heavy damage from the storm surge and is still undergoing repairs. GULFPORT — When Louis Skrmetta finally ...