Photographer and Louisiana native Clayton James Cubitt tells BoingBoing,
Winter is bearing down on the Gulf Coast, and volunteers for relief are
increasingly scarce, while vast need remains. There's a tiny little
village called Pearlington, Mississippi, that's now all but forgotten,
especially relative to New Orleans.Pearlington rests eight miles inland. It's nine feet above sea level, but
that didn't protect it from the 20-30 foot storm surge that roared up the
Pearl River and washed almost every home away.I've been documenting the
residents and volunteers in Pearlington as they struggle with survival.
The volunteer housing efforts there could really use some much-needed
attention right now, as it looks like the (in)famous FEMA trailer program
will be ending for most citizens as soon as February. What then?One House At A Time is one of the organizations working in Pearlington to
answer that question.
Link to a post on Clayton's blog with more about the aid project.
