Shone (I): "The wind was blowin' so hard, we thought those kids was gonna get blowed out the attic."

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I interviewed Shone in her East Biloxi apartment on Elmira Dr, which had some relatively minor water damage during Katrina. During the hurricane, however, Shone was at her mother's house*, in the East Biloxi neighborhood known as The Point. Local writer, Linda Saxon Nix, explains that The Point is

the peninsula that juts out between the Back Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, where Biloxi was first settled and where Old Biloxi is located... "The Point" is where our seafood industry started, and where all of the seafood factories were until casinos came in and took their places, and where a few still are located if they are still standing.

Shone had her six children—ages two, three, four, six, thirteen, and sixteen—with her at her mother's house. Also with them were one of Shone's sisters, age thirty-four; two of shone's nephews, ages four and six; and Shone's friend, age twenty-eight. Shone is thirty-two years old. This excerpt from her story begins on Monday morning, August 29, 2005.

NOTES
*The link does not reflect the actual street location of Shone's mother's home. The red marker is meant only as a reference point, to indicate the general area of the neighborhood.

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