299: Back from the Dead Oct. 7, 2005 Act Two: 'P' Is For Porta-potty This American Life producer Sarah Koenig visits Pearlington, Mississippi, a town in danger of not starting up again after Hurricane Katrina. It's in Hancock County, the Ground Zero of the hurricane's devastation.
Act Three: Friday Night Floodlights About fifteen miles from Pearlington, Bay St. Louis and Waveland are other communities struggling to bring themselves back to life.