After narrowly surviving Hurricane Katrina, Ben Powers spends his day trying to find what few mementoes remain. To his frustration, this guitar case was empty. Katrina disaster on US 90 in Bloxi Miss . Residents looking around for their homes. Mary Garry waits at the Bel-Aire school with hundreds of others who lost their homes in Gulfport, MS. Garry said she moved to this city one year ago. Gulfport Police Sgt. Don Myers oversees distribution of water and food at the Crossroad Shopping Center with an M-16 in hand. Thousands of residents came to get basic necessities in the steaming heat. There were no disruptitions. Jennifer Davis and her husband Andy ride their bikes a block away from their home in Biloxi, Ms., and look upon US 90 between Biloxi and Ocean Springs which took a hit from Hurricane Katrina. Davis grew emotional after seeing the bridge. "We lost everything," he said. Damaged caskets recovered at Southern Memorial Park rest in one of the crypts at the 60-year-old cemetery along the Biloxi waterfront which was swept away by Hurricane Katrina's storm surge. Cemetery owner Kim Powers of Knoxville, Tenn., said she's called in workers from her company's funeral services all over the country to help in recovery efforts. She cried when she saw the damage. "You take such pride in taking care of people and then something like this happens." There are more then 4,000 graves at the cemetery. About 130 remains were disinterred, all from above-ground masoloeums. Thomas Arguell, 10, holds an MRE for his family while thousands of residents stand in line for food and water provided by the National Guard at the Crossroads Shopping Center on Hwy 49 in Gulfport, MS. The National Guard gives water and food to thousands of residents standing in line for food and water at Crossroads Shopping Center Hwy 49 in Gulfport, MS. Phyllis Fraizer, enjoys rain after not having any electricity or water for past 3 days. Today temperatures reached 95 degrees and residents did not have power in Gulfport, MS. Fraizer lives in Holly Circle which was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. Treasure Bay Casino, Pirate ships, people are looking at the remains in Biloxi,MS. Biloxi, MS., firefighters take a break after an exhausting day looking for survivors. Olivia Harris, 41, passes food to her family while Rashad Harris, 1, drinks his water in their car in which they have been living for past five days. The Harris family lost their home in east Biloxi, MS. Kenny Nguyen, 8, helps carry supplies into the Chua Van Duc Buddist Temple where his family huddles with others for shelter. The temple got a visit from a stranger last week -- Tony Lam of Pensacola -- who drove to Biloxi with a truck full of food and fuel, looking for folks in need. Lam has been back every day since with more supplies, paid for in part by his customers at New York Nail Salon in Pensacola. "We knew a lot of Vietnamese needed help," said Lam, who is of Chinese descent himself. Kim Nguyen, 50, weeps as she describes how she clutched her 3-year-old son while crouching in the attic, water from Katrina lapping at her ankles. "I said, 'Baby don't die. If you die, I die.' They survived but the family home, jobs, and belongings are gone, a fate suffered by hundreds in the Vietnamese community. She is a seamstress but her shop is gone and the owner still owes her $120. "But he can't pay me now. That's gone." Hoa Le has dinner by candlelight in the stifling mugginess of the Chua Van Duc Buddist Temple, which has turned into the refugee gathering place for the Vietnamese community in Biloxi. At mealtimes, it is so hot that people eat with one hand, fan themselves with another. Latasha Elwood, bruised emotionally by the hurricane punch of Katrina, spends a moment in the now-placid waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Biloxi beach. Elwood, 26, was a cocktail waitress at Magic Casino. "I love Jesus," she said, though her home is ruined and job is gone. The popularity of bicycling has been revived in Biloxi, where fuel is unavailable and cars are ruined. One man rides down Division Street after an ice giveaway. Miss. Episcopal Bishop Duncan Gray III, gives a service at St Mark's Episcopal Church on US 90 in Gulfport, MS. The church was totally destroyed in hurricane Katrina. On Sunday, people recalled their prayers during the harrowing hours of Hurricane Katrina a week ago. Nan Lovett, embraced by Elizabeth Foley at St Mark's Episcopal Church on US 90 in Gulfport, said she took refuge in her attic a block from the beach as the surge rose. "All we did was pray my daughter would come and rescue us. And at 5 o'clock she came." St Mark's Episcopal Church member goes to Sunday Church Service on US 90 in Gulfport, MS. The church was totally destroyed by hurricane Katrina. Bambi Battise with her son Glenn Battise,1, shares their story of survival through hurricane Katrina. the Battise family made it through Katrina but lost their home. " God does test us. We go through trials every day. I'm not going to lose my faith," Battise said. James Kettley holds $40 ready to pay for gas at a Kangroo gas station on Loraine Road in Gulfport, Miss. On Tuesday, some of the gas stations opened up to serve people. The price of gas at Kangaroo is $2.79. Mary Norman waits for her son to fix her door at Fern Wood Apartments. Norman, who left town during hurricane Katrina, came back today and saw her door and roof was blown out. Robert Tulliam takes his dog Princess on a shopping trip. They stayed for the hurricane. Tulliam sustained facial injuries in the storm, but Princess came through unscathed. Kenneth Brinson of Main Street Missonary Baptist Church in East Biloxi, MS., cooks for people who lost their homes in the black community. Panza Fernandez looks out the window while waiting for supplies of food at St. Andrews Apartments in Biloxi, MS. Most of the families say they will be moving to other cities for jobs. FEMA and local police ordered the swift evacuation of Mary L. Michel Seventh Grade School in Biloxi Saturday afternoon amid fears of a dysentery outbreak at the shelter which has held hundreds since Sunday and has no functional plumbing. Nurses rush children to a health tent for examination before allowing them on buses, waiting to take storm refugees to a Red Cross shelter in Georgia because all Biloxi's other shelters are overflowing. FEMA and local police ordered the swift evacuation of Mary L. Michel Seventh Grade School in Biloxi Saturday afternoon amid fears of a dysentery outbreak at the shelter which has held hundreds since Sunday and has no functional plumbing. A nurse carried a young girl from the school to a waiting bus, where storm refugees were to be taken to a Red Cross shelter in Georgia because all Biloxi's other shelters are overflowing. FEMA and local police ordered the swift evacuation of Mary L. Michel Seventh Grade School in Biloxi Saturday afternoon amid fears of a dysentery outbreak at the shelter which has held hundreds since Sunday and has no functional plumbing. A nurse carried a young girl from the school to a waiting bus, where storm refugees were to be taken to a Red Cross shelter in Georgia because all Biloxi's other shelters are overflowing. Fast friends, Donald Thomas, left, and James Bellot, survived Hurricane Katrina with a near-death experience only to face the possibility of looting in their east Biloxi neighborhood. Donald Thomas, an artist, shows polorids of his work. Thomas survived Hurricane Katrina with a near-death experience only to face the possibility of looting in his east Biloxi neighborhood. A Gulf shrimp, an American delicacy and one among millions stored at G.F. Gollott & Sons processing plant on Biloxi's Back Bay, lies on the floor during cleanup following Hurricane Katrina, which shredded the factory. Using a hose borrowed from the D'Iberville Fire Department, workers hose down the interior of a shrimp storage unit at G.F. Gollott & Sons, which held thousands of tons of decaying seafood in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
 

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