Hat tip to Southern Appeal.  Excellent summary of local LA and MS websites for Katrina coverage.  This info is much better than the national news outlets.  Some info of interest:

• According to the Biloxi Sun Herald, Hwy 90 bridge between Pass Christian and Waveland/Bay St. Louis is damaged.
• FBC Long Beach is gone.
• FBC Gulfport is heavily damaged.
• 1200 people are stranded on rooftops in NO.

Amazing.

From Southern Appeal:

Katrina’s damage defies description:  For info on New Orleans, which is now dealing with a levee breach on its lake side, see Brendan Loy.  For the story on the Mississippi Coast, the Sun-Herald newspaper has a blog and many photos up.  The Mobile Register is the place to go for info from further east, including this blog.

An oil rig slammed into the Cochrane Bridge (US 90) over Mobile Bay.  Photo here.

Other area newspapers’ editions today (several are internet only):

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Pascagoula The Mississippi Press

Hattiesburg American 

Jackson Clarion-Ledger   

Baton Rouge The Advocate

Pensacola News-Journal

Link: Southern Appeal.