This is an excerpt from a blog about work being done in Hancock County, MS. Being hit by Katrina and struggling for three years to get home again does not exempt you from other loss. Mean People Suck.

Tuesday July 29th, 2008
Electrical copper thieves strike Bert's house the night before he moves in!

Bert Martin went today to get the electric company to switch the power over to his main pole so he could move in - and on arrival found that copper thieves had stripped his new home of wire. Not only that they stripped the house across the street and also another home just down the street. Needless to say I am in shock over this as we worked so hard to get this home "finished".
There are no more funds for this home. This is a very frustrating situation.

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