Naturally, New Orleans is getting lots of attention. But the Mississippi Gulf Coast has been nearly erased by Katrina. WLBT TV posted a video shot from a helicopter this morning. The word “devastation” doesn’t seem to cover it, really.

If you have a moment, you should watch what television news coverage couldn’t capture when it happened.

As bad as the winds were, it was the incredible storm surge from Katrina pulled in from the gulf that managed to lift a couple of the floating casinos, take them across the beach, across highway 90, and drop on top of other buildings. (Well, any buildings that still existed.)

Brendan Loy (The Irish Trojan’s Blog) posted a link to a BBC-hosted story and video that will break your heart. And if it doesn’t break your heart in two, I wouldn’t want to know you.