| West 4th Street blocked by power lines and trees |
| Flooding along West 4th Street and Perry Lee Circle |
| Exxon Station on Highway 98 |
From the Cellular South Newsletter, 10/2005
A Cellular South customer, Kyle Hill, who is
with the North East Lamar Fire Department,
along with other relief personnel was based
at Oak Grove High School west of
Hattiesburg. His was the only phone in the
group that worked. Cellular South contacted
him to see if anyone needed emergency
phones and was able to get phones there
that day (Sept. 2). Altogether the company
has donated more than 500 phones to
emergency personnel in the Mississippi Gulf
Coast region.
A Cellular South customer, Kyle Hill, who is
with the North East Lamar Fire Department,
along with other relief personnel was based
at Oak Grove High School west of
Hattiesburg. His was the only phone in the
group that worked. Cellular South contacted
him to see if anyone needed emergency
phones and was able to get phones there
that day (Sept. 2). Altogether the company
has donated more than 500 phones to
emergency personnel in the Mississippi Gulf
Coast region.
| Paul Koonce, Minister of Music at Temple Baptist, makes repairs to Chief Hill's house. |
| Eyewall of Katrina as a Cat 5 from NOAA Hurricane Hunters |
| Special Thanks to the following people for helping Northeast Lamar during the storm. |
| Be sure to check out the Links page and the Fire Prevention page for safety information concerning power outages and the use of generators. |
| Tina @ Cellular South for providing cellphones for use while the radio system was down. Terry McCain @ Walmart Highway 98 for providing food, water, and two refrigerators for the command trailor. Lamar County School Board and Principal Wayne Folkes for providing use of Oak Grove High School as shelter, cafeteria and food for feeding the National Guard, Northeast Lamar and Oak Grove Fire Departments and Lamar County Sheriff's Office. Ms. Gracie for cooking every meal at Oak Grove Cafeteria for the two weeks we were there. James Smith and the Lamar County EOC for doing a wonderful job in a not so wonderful and very unexpected situation. |
Northeast Lamar Fire, Rescue, & EMS
Station 1: 753 Weathersby Road
Station 2: 5502 West 4th Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
Station 2: 5502 West 4th Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
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| Hurricane Katrina - August 2005 |