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The Uity ot tsay at. louis and Waveland had all forces out clearing drains, setting up necessary roadblocks, etc. throughout the crisis time.
Waveland Mayor John 'f^son was keeping a close eye ^^his city’s woes during the ■ tnunderstorms.
Bay St. Louis Council President Charles Scianna joined public works director Ron Van-ney in checking out that city Wednesday morning.
Buddy Eler, Mississippi Power spokesman, reported his company was very fortunate with the severe electrical storm . which crossed the Gulf Coast j Wednesday morning.'	j
“Mississippi Power did not sub stain any major damage to our facilities and the majority of our outages were scattered and very minor from Waveland all | the way to Pascagoula,” Eler said.
“We had a total of about 12,000 customers out along the entire coast and 7,199 was from a single outage in Biloxi which occured about 6:48 p.m. Tuesday evening and lasted about one-half of an hour. The remainder was scattered,” Eler
lded.
“In Hancock County we had approximately 2,000 outages at one time or another. We had line crews out the entire night and they did a fantastic job,” Eler allowed.
Tartavoulle reported late Wednesday the number of persons rescued was over 100 primarily in the Jourdan River Subdivision area.
Gerald Necaise, Hancock County Sheriffs office chief administrator, was busy setting up lights for patrol boats to be used Wednesday night in the waterlogged areas.
Tartavoulle said, “We do not want any looters, as the people have enough problems with water in their yards and homes.”
Hancock County Sheriff Ronnie Peterson was out of town on business.
(Echo staffers Richard Meek and Mary G. Seiley contributed to this story.)
Deputies arrest man in Jourdan River Shores
BY RICHARD MEEK A 42-year-old Kiln man was arreted Thursday after he allegedly pulled a gun and threatened two Hancock County Sheriff deputies in the Jour-
sheriff department official Glen Strong.
Strong said deputies O.J. McMann and Anthony Kallas were patroling the flooded subdivision by boat in an effort to prevent looting. Many of the residents evacuated their residences on Wednesday when the water level reached up to 13 feet.
Out of banks
This creek, left, on Highway 603 North of Hancock North Central Elementary ran all over the woods early Tuesday morning. An electrical storm dumped up to 15 inches of water within a few hours Monday night in the area. (Echo staff photo by Richard Meek)
dan River Shores subdivision.
Leon Fairley of 1425 W. River Road was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, according to
The deputies spotted Fairley in a boat and asked him to leave, Strong said. Fairley allegedly refused and when the deputes threatened to arrest him, he stuck a .22 caliper magnum derringer into one of the deputies ribs, Strong said. He also pointed the gun at the other deputy. Strong said the gun was loaded and cocked.
Strong said the deputies were able to subdue Fairley without further incident. He is currently being held in the Hancock County Correctional Facility on $100,000 bond.
Rushes over
Water rushed across Highway 603 by the Jourdan River Shores subdivision Wednesday. The rising waters caused the rescue of many of the residents. (Echo staff photo by Ellis C. Cuevas)