Late yesterday, we rode through various areas here in Ocean Springs. Areas we did not approach were: East Beach, Front Beach, Halstead Av., Holcomb Dr., Inner Harbor Drive, Beachview. Those areas listed we'd heard were closed to the general public on the ends nearest the water so we did not approach them at all.
What we saw:
Few trees down - only two. Neither had affected homes or power lines. Hwy 90 in Ocean Springs is in good shape. Little to no damage and power is on. Damage to an awning at Patterson Pharmacy, three small trees in front of Ocean Springs Hospital slightly uprooted and leaning. Culeoka Subdivision is OK, Parktown Subdivision is OK, Waterford Village Subdivision is OK, Downtown area of Ocean Springs is OK, all schools - Ocean Springs High, Ocean Springs Middle, Magnolia Park, Oak Park, N. E. Taconi appear to be in good shape. We did not drive by Pecan Park, but that general area seems to be OK. Old Spanish Trail from OSMS to where is becomes Government street OK, Government Street OK. Drove the loop from Goverment St, down Magnolia Av to Kensington St to General Pershing St and back north to Government St. All OK there with the exception of the backside of Inner Harbor which is completely flooded into the parking lot but not all the way onto Kensington. Houses in that area appear to be fine, though water is near the house on the north side of Kensington just before the entrance to the Inner Harbor's marina. Though water is near it, it did not appear that it flooded. Water was not over the bridge on Kensington at Inner Harbor.
We had contact with friends at the lower end of Holcomb Dr who reported that though they are near the beach area, they did not receive any water in their home.
