Residents of Pearlington console each other while fishing on the Pearl River, nearly a year after the eye of Hurricane Katrina made landfall nearby and flooded the town with over 15 feet of storm deluge. A storm-worn and barely legible Mississippi welcome sign stands akimbo in Pearlington near the Pearl River. Children play on a tire swing in front of the entrance to the Pearlington Resource Center, locally known as Pearl Mart, while parents from the community await aid distribution. Pearl Mart remained the last functioning distribution center in the region at the time, managed solely by volunteer organizing efforts. The volunteer manager of the Pearlington Resource Center makes phone calls in her office. An elderly resident of Pearlington poses for a portrait, wearing donated clothing in a trailer that was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A volunteer poses for a portrait, holding a two-way radio while leaning on a pile of donated mattresses in front of the Pearlington Resource Center. A group of volunteers gathers outside a church undergoing reconstruction in Pearlington. Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity finish the interior of a home undergoing reconstruction in Pearlington. Volunteers finish the the roof of a home undergoing reconstruction in Pearlington. Tin cans of donated food are displayed on a nearly empty shelf at the Pearlington Resource Center. A volunteer for Habitat for Humanity leans on a cane while posing for a portrait, in the midst of finishing the interior of a home undergoing reconstruction in Pearlington. A resident of Pearlington poses for a portrait inside the doorway of her home while Habitat for Humanity volunteers finish the home interior in Pearlington. A resident of Pearlington who is living in a trailer provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) speaks to a local volunteer who is making aid deliveries in Pearlington. A disabled resident of Pearlington who is living in a trailer provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) speaks to a local volunteer who is making aid deliveries. The manager of the Pearlington Resource Center gathers aid supplies for distribution to local residents in Pearlington. A volunteer for Habitat for Humanity stands on a ladder while painting the ceiling, in the midst of finishing the interior of a home undergoing reconstruction in Pearlington. A resident of Pearlington poses for a portrait in front of a fire burning the remains of organic storm debris from Hurricane Katrina in Pearlington. He survived the storm while anchored to his house in his family boat. At sunset, a statue of Mary in prayer stands near a smoldering fire of organic storm debris in Pearlington, nearly a year after the eye of Hurricane Katrina made landfall nearby and flooded the town with over 15 feet of storm deluge.