Xavier Bishop

Sometimes just when it seems like things can’t get any worse, they do. We’ve all experienced that before.  But oftentimes if we look beneath the sadness, we’ll find a message that help’s to get us through. 
 
That was the case yesterday when, on top of a general feeling I had that nothing was going well, I […]

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With the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina looming I’ve noticed that nearly everything we do here on the Coast, no matter how large or how small, gets measured against Katrina. 
 
Can’t remember when something occurred? Measure it against Katrina. “Let’s see, it was right before the storm, so that means it was almost two years […]

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina I started attending post disaster meetings at the Emergency Operations Center in Pascagoula. The meetings were held to inform everyone about activities related to the recovery effort and to allow us to share the plight of our cities with those involved in recovery assistance. Among the people present at […]

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It was Tuesday, July 5, my first day as mayor. I awakened early that morning to watch the news. A hurricane that had formed in the Atlantic was now in the Gulf of Mexico and would likely make landfall tomorrow.  The weatherman said depending on the intensity of the storm and its proximity to Moss […]

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“Fire Chief: Water Pressure Hampers Fire Fighting”
 
I freaked out when I read the headline in the morning newspaper, and nearly went ballistic when I read the story that followed.
 
The story reported that low water pressure hampered our fire department’s ability to fight two house fires. In fact, the story suggested the homes might have been […]

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