In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 11:15 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown after making landfall over the Texas and Louisiana coast September...
House rest atop a car following Hurricane Rita September 25, 2005 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rita hit land as a category 3 hurricane near the...
Water covers Route 87 through the east side of town following Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas. Rita hit land as a category 3...
Cameron, UNITED STATES: Ruins in Cameron, along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, 01 October 2005, after Cameron and nearby towns were decimated by...
Cole Schexnayder , Nick Bodin and Darson Schexnayder clean water-damaged belongings from the Darson's mother's home after it was flooded by Hurricane...
Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries 25 September 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. The US oil industry,...
Neighborhood is seen flooded after Hurricane Rita, September 24, 2005 in Dularge, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 2:15 pm EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico heading towards the Texas coast September 23,...
Cameron, UNITED STATES: Cars travelling on flooded Route 82 in Cameron Parish, along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, 01 October 2005, pass structures...
Cameron, UNITED STATES: Ruins in Cameron, along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, 01 October 2005, after Cameron and nearby towns were decimated by...
Chauvin, UNITED STATES: The Marcel family sits on their porch in the flooded area of Chauvin, Louisiana, some 80 miles south of New Orleans after the...
New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass tours the lower Ninth Ward District in a boat after it flooded during Hurricane Rita September 24,...
Lake Charles, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush signs an autograph for members of a US Coast Guard search and recue unit 27 September 2005...
Cameron, UNITED STATES: US President George W. Bush flies over what was once a beach community in Cameron, LA, 27 September 2005 during an aerial...
Lake Charles, UNITED STATES: Lousiana Governor Kathleen Blanco speaks with US President George W. Bush near a damaged Northrop Grumman hangar 27...
Lake Charles, UNITED STATES: Lousiana Governor Kathleen Blanco stands with US President George W. Bush 27 September 2005 in Lake Charles, LA,...
Young boy wades through streets flooded by Hurricane Rita September 26, 2005 in Delcambre, Louisiana. Rita, a category 3 hurricane, hit land near the...
Lance Hargrave helps rescue belongings from the home of his wife's grandparents which was flooded by Hurricane Rita September 26, 2005 in Abbeville,...
Sam Giegler puts a tarp over a hole in the roof of a friends vintage camper trailer after Hurricane Rita dropped a tree though its roof September 25,...
Workers survey damage from Hurricane Rita at the Hibernia National Bank Tower September 25, 2005 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The building suffered...
An oil spill in flood waters is contained by plastic tubes at the idle Valero oil refinery 25 September 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas in the aftermath...
Larry Parker wipes away tears as he waits with his eight-month-old daughter Chloe at the Lake Charles Civic Center to be evacuated to Camp Minden...
Abandoned school buses sit in flood water after Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Dularge, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it...
Neighborhood is seen flooded after Hurricane Rita, September 24, 2005 in Ashland, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across...
Road is seen washed out after Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Cocodrie, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across...
Man walks through a parking lot riddled with debris at Harrah?s Casino following Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rita...
Galveston police officer Lewis Trochesset talks with the owner of the historic Greenleve, Block & Company Building after the east wall collapsed...
Kandy Huffman helps her mother-in-law Judith Broussard navigate flooded streets as they try to make their way to Huffman's home following Hurricane...
Water covers Route 87 through the east side of town following Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas. Rita hit land as a category 3...
Thomas Washington surveys damage to his neighborhood from the flooded front yard of his home following Hurricane Rita September 24, 2005 in Port...
New Orleans, UNITED STATES: A pickup truck is filled with water on a street in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, 24 September 2005, after a storm surge...
Down utility poles block a street, 24 September in Port Arthur, Texas, after Hurricane Rita passed over the Gulf coast. Rita gave the US Gulf Coast...
Brandon Allen rides an all-terrain vehicle down a flooded street, 24 September in Port Arthur, Texas, after Hurricane Rita passed over the Gulf...
This satellite image from NASA taken on September 23, 2005 shows Hurricane Rita as it started making landfall. Rita was a Category Three Hurricane...
New Orleans, UNITED STATES: New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass surveys the Ninth Ward, 24 September 2005 in New Orleans, after a storm surge from...
Beaumont, UNITED STATES: A tree uprooted by Hurricane Rita winds smashed through a house 24 September 2005, in Beaumont, Texas. Rita gave the US Gulf...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 7:45 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown after making landfall over the Texas and Louisiana coast September...
Water floods back into streets of the Ninth Ward after surge waters from Hurricane Rita topped over a patched section of the levee along the...
Boats line up near an oil refinery at the Port of Beaumont as Hurricane Rita approaches September 23, 2005 in Beaumont, Texas. Hurricane Rita, which...
Hurricane Katrina evacuees, Brea Oliver sleeps as her Mom Shannon and sister Rhonda look on at a Red Cross Shelter at the Houma Terrebonne Civic...
Galveston, UNITED STATES: The walls of Seawall Boulevard are lashed by waves as John McKenna jogs 23 September 2005 in Galveston, Texas, ahead of...
Air Force medical personel help patients with medical needs before they are transported to a waiting Air Force C-17 cargo plane, 23 September as they...
President George W. Bush attends a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management headquarters September 23, 2005 in Washington, D.C. Bush attended the...
National Guard soldier protects elderly patients on a luggage cart with umbrellas before they are transported to a waiting C-17 cargo plane , 23...
Galveston, UNITED STATES: Clouds roll in over a staue commerating the 1900 hurricane, before Hurricane Rita approaches in Galveston, Texas 23...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 9:45 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico heading towards the Texas coast September 23,...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 9:15 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico heading towards the Texas coast September 23,...
Houston, UNITED STATES: Vehicles jam the northbound lanes of I-45 as the southbound lanes are empty in Houston, Texas, 22 September 2005, as people...
Houston, UNITED STATES: Lines of passengers wait at a security checkpoint 22 September 2005 before flying out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport...
Evacuees from Hurricane Rita stand outside their vehicles on Interstate 10 near downtown Houston Thursday, September 22, 2005. Traffic was at a...
Evacuees from Hurricane Rita stand outside their vehicles on Interstate 10 near downtown Houston Thursday, September 22, 2005. Traffic was at a...
Galveston, UNITED STATES: Galveston, Texas, Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas speaks 22 September during a press conference on Hurricane Rita at city hall in...
Rainbow is seen behind workers at the London Canal levee after an outer band of rain from Hurricane Rita swept through the area September 22, 2005 in...
Brittany Feazell sits on a school bus as she waits to be evacuated ahead of Hurricane Rita September 22, 2005 in Galveston, Texas. Hurricane Rita is...
Robert Perez prepares for Hurricane Rita by boarding up the front of Bob's Grocery store September 22, 2005 in Galveston, Texas. Hurricane Rita is...
In this satellite image from NASA taken September 21, 2005 Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico west of Florida heading towards the Texas...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 9:15 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico heading towards the Texas coast September 22,...
Galveston, UNITED STATES: A building in Galveston is readied for the approach of Hurricane Rita 21 September 2005. More than 70 percent of US oil...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 12:45 pm EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Florida heading towards the Texas...
In this satellite image from NOAA taken at 11:45 am EDT, Hurricane Rita is shown in the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Florida heading towards the Texas...
