A resident of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, rides a bicycle past destroyed homes left by Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday. (Tannen Maury / EPA)
Barbara Langford stands inside what is left of her house that was torn apart by Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi. In Mississippi, it is estimated 125 people lost their lives in what French President Jacques Chirac called “terrible days” for Americans. (Robert Sullivan / AFP / Getty Images)
Bradley Cheek of Mast Construction surveys the damage atop the Saltillo First United Methodist Church in Saltillo, Miss. Pastor Tim Green said that the church’s steeple gave way late Monday night as remnants of Hurricane Katrina swept through Northeast Mississippi. (C. Todd Sherman / AP)
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A vehicle is crushed by a collapsed home in a community stricken by the passing of Hurricane Katrina in Pass Christian, Mississippi. (Joe Skipper / AP)
A woman attempts to make a phone call to relatives to let them know she survived Hurricane Katrina as she stands next to what remains of the U.S. Highway 90 bridge in Bay St. Louis. (Tannen Maury / EPA)
A damaged bridge from Hurricane Katrina is seen from Air Force One over Mississippi as President Bush viewed damaged areas on his return to Washington. (Susan Walsh / AP)
A woman walks past an overturned truck and sailboat washed up against a hotel in Gulfport, Mississippi. (Robert Sullivan / AFP / Getty Images)
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Olga Howard walks past the destroyed Grand Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was a floating casino tied up to a dock and was lifted and hurled on land by Hurricane Katrina. (Stan Honda / AFP / Getty Images)
A run-away oil-drilling platform called Ocean Warwick is washed ashore on the Dauphin Island shores in Alabama. (Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty Images)
