# What Katrina did to Keesler AFB
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688 "2005-08-31T09:36:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688/21 "2005-09-01T01:55:08Z")
> [@Gray05](#):
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> you know that gto is probably faster than what you guys have
oh shut the fuck up already… :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688/22 "2005-09-01T04:09:49Z")
> [@Gray05](#):
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> you know that gto is probably faster than what you guys have
really,dont thing it will run well with water in the motor,but if u want i’ll roll float race it with my poontoon boat!😃
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### Author:  [@imported\_SINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_SINISTER)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688/23 "2005-09-01T05:39:29Z")
email from my buddy that lived at keesler
More news from Keesler
- Base housing was largely destroyed by a 25 foot wave
- There’s 4 feet of mud in Maj Gen Utterback’s house (2 AF/CC)
- MSG/CC house burned to the ground (gas leak caught fire)
- 6000 USAF members and their families are living in shelters at least till Thurs
- The power will be out there for at least 3 weeks
- The 2nd largest USAF hospital (at Keesler) is closed
– Seawater got into the generator and they have no power
- Commissary/BX mostly destroyed
- Runway is operational; it’s the only open airfield in the area
– Day/VFR conditions only
- Gulfport Airport is closed for the foreseeable future
- The fence around the base is severely damaged
- Keesler had looters last night
– Maxwell AFB is sending an SF detachment to reinforce the Keesler SF
- Parts of I-10 are under water; at least one major bridge is down
- Keesler has almost no communications (landline or cell)
– They are relying primarily on radios
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### Author:  [@05XRunner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/05XRunner)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-katrina-did-to-keesler-afb/176688/24 "2005-09-01T05:45:17Z")
> [@SINISTER](#):
>
> email from my buddy that lived at keesler
>
> More news from Keesler
>
> - Base housing was largely destroyed by a 25 foot wave
> - There’s 4 feet of mud in Maj Gen Utterback’s house (2 AF/CC)
> - MSG/CC house burned to the ground (gas leak caught fire)
> - 6000 USAF members and their families are living in shelters at least till Thurs
> - The power will be out there for at least 3 weeks
> - The 2nd largest USAF hospital (at Keesler) is closed
> – Seawater got into the generator and they have no power
> - Commissary/BX mostly destroyed
> - Runway is operational; it’s the only open airfield in the area
> – Day/VFR conditions only
> - Gulfport Airport is closed for the foreseeable future
> - The fence around the base is severely damaged
> - Keesler had looters last night
> – Maxwell AFB is sending an SF detachment to reinforce the Keesler SF
> - Parts of I-10 are under water; at least one major bridge is down
> - Keesler has almost no communications (landline or cell)
> – They are relying primarily on radios
Thanks for the info
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